Essential Elements Of Information
- Items of intelligence information essential for timely decisions and for enhancement of operations that relate to foreign powers, forces, targets, or the physical environments;
- Targets (documents, instruments, etc. ) that intelligence and/or security services attempt to obtain;
- (Military usage) The critical items of information regarding the enemy and the environment needed by the commander by a particular time to relate with other available information and intelligence in order to assist in reaching a logical decision (IC Staff, Glossary of Intelligence Terms and Definitions, 6/89)