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Intelligence Cycle
  • The direction and planning by which information is collected, processed, intelligence produced, and disseminated. *The processes by which information is acquired and converted into intelligence and made available to customers There are usually five steps in the cycle: Planning and Direction. Determination of intelligence requirements, preparation of a collection plan, issuance of orders, and requests to information collection entities, and a continuous check on the productivity of collection entities; 2. Collection. Acquisition of information or intelligence information and the provision of information to processing and/or production elements; 3. Processing. Conversion of collected information and/or intelligence information into a form more suitable for the production of intelligence; 4. Production. Conversion of information or intelligence information into finished intelligence through the integration, analysis, evaluation, and/or interpretation of all available data and the preparation of intelligence products in support of known or anticipated customer requirements; 5. Dissemination. Timely conveyance of intelligence in suitable form to customers (IC Staff, Glossary of Intelligence Terms and Definitions, 6/89)