Confidential Informant And Undercover Agent

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In the United States, the FBI is the main federal agency that is responsible for collecting HUMINT about known terrorist as well as collecting HUMINT from individuals who are believe to be terrorist or suspects who may be helping terrorists (Schneider, 2015). To collect HUMINT from criminals or terrorist organizations, the FBI utilizes “Confidential informants and undercover agents” (Schneider, 2015, p. 1). The FBI considers a confidential informant as any person who does not belongs to the agency, which in this case is the FBI, but the individual knows or has the capabilities to collect relevant HUMINT that can be useful for developing FBI’s intelligence products (Schneider, 2015). An undercover agent is any person who is directly or indirectly