Approved For Releagg,200011981011 . e M10TOW-00789RO02100340003-9 SWITCH PLATE TASKING/REPORTING Approved For Release 26miniM8 : CIA-,5PP96-00789ROO2100340003-9 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2100340003-9 (CLASSIFICATION) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION WORKSHEET ...Requestor ID -Requ6s'tor-.Task ~-DSCINT Task --------- Date of Request Suspense Date BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Request received.by DSCINT Request received~by SWP- ProJect Officer asal.gned-.~'-.:.., Report received by-SWP Report received by DSCINT Report received by Requestor Eval received DSCINT Eval received by SWP Eval received by Proj' Ofc. Eval received by Sources ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF INFORMATION REQUESTED IN ORDER OF PRIORITY 1. 2. 3. 4. -------- ---------------- -------- COMMENTS Approved For Release 200WUQ§nQbk4WR06-00789ROO2100340003-9 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2100340003-9 (CLASSIFICATION) REPORT OF REQUESTED INFORMATION Requestor Task Source # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -4' .-DSCINT Task Date to ProJ. Of c. I I ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF INFORMATION REQUESTED IN ORDER OF PRIORITY ------ -------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- RESPONSE: ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- 2. ................................................................. RESPONSE: ------------------7 -------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 3. ................................................................. ----------------------------------------------------------------- RESPONSE: 4. ------------------------------------------------------------- RESPONSE: PROJECT OFFICER'S COMMENTS -------------------------------------------------------- (CLASSIFICATION) Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2100340003-9 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2100340003-9 (CLASSIFICATION) EVALUATION OF INFORMATION PROVIDED Eval received.~-by- e4id.e8tdr- Taiik DCSINT Eval received by-SWP Eval received b C&INT Task: y ProJ. Ofc. Sources appraised of Eval MaJ.- High Low N 0' SOURCE Sig. Val. Value Value Value M 2. 3. 4. ED 2. 4. 2. F-7 F-71 4. 2. 3. 4. EVALUATOR'S COMMENTS: --------------------------- -------------------------------------- (CLASSIFICATION) Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2100340003-9 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2100340003-9 STIPPLED N01_11)RN SPECIAL ACCESS REQi-...J INFORMATION ABOUT SWITCH PLATE TASKING/REPORTING/EVALUATION The information provided by SWITCH PLATE sources is obtained through a unique and highly sensitive collection technicue. Your care in evaluating this information will insure that we are be,., ' -e to assess and/or modify the technology to provide you, the customer. a better product. TASKING: Information gathered utilizing thi.5 t- is likely to consist of a mixture of correct, incorrect, and irrelevant ur apparently irrelevant data. You should be aware of the following facts: 1. Experience has shown that the SOLIT 's raw data, unedited, tends to be of more value to the customer's Analv,,- ~-nce it is more accurate than someone else's summary of what the Source has said. The Project Officer, however, may add his/her comments to the report as a separate entry. 2. A more experienced Source will usually provide raw data only, while a less experienced Source may be inclined information when reporting it. While it is the responsibility to assist in preventing the ~". operational. necessities such as crit_`~:L~'_.`Ly oil item 1., above, or other constraints may allow information to be forwarded. to "pre-analyze" the Project Officer's -?,Om doing this, ~.purting speed, violation of 3ome "pre-analyzed" EXAMPLE: A more experienced source may describe the target (a submarine U111,,_,,,r construction) as a hugp metallic object. pointed on one end. A less iirce may report the object as "... It looks like some kind of a rocket". An analyst familiar with this new and recognizing that this has happened, will "back analyze", to determine what raw data caused the Source to report such seemingly inarcur.,i- -,~id in a more complete understanding of the Source's short answt2;_ summary, with sketches, will be attached to the reporting sheet. 3. Sources, like all humans, tend to be attracted to aspects of the target which attract them, personally. They also tend to ignore or gloss over aspects which do not attract them. Th'~- -,-ietimes leads to widely varying descriptions of the same target si- old illustration serves as an example: bWb0W=T=STIPPLED ',TOFORN SPECIAL ACCESS RE~ Handle Via SKEET Cfianii,_ ~Jnly Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2100340003-9 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2100340003-9 STIPPLED NOFORN SPECIAL ACCESS REQUIRED EXAMPLE: Four blind men were tasked to report the shape of an elephant. One stood in front , felt.the trunk, and said that an elephant is actually a huge variet~'of snake. Another felt the ear and ' described an elephant as being like a living leaf, another felt the tal''.1, and reported that it is like a long, hairy rope. The it:lt_ one leg and reported that an elephant is a tall, v-tical animal, shaped like a tree trunk. 4. Sources may, at times, correctly answer a question in the wrong terms. This is u-,,iRlly due to the Source's "pre-analyzing". EXAMPLE: Returning to the Source who incorrectly labeled a submarine under construction as a rocket: The Source might then report that it will "Llast off for the first time on May 10". While the identity of the object is incorrect, the date given can be understood by the Analvqt as a prediction of the submarine's maiden voyage. 5. The Customer must always be mindful that Sources using this technology tend swer questions very literally. Vagueness in questions will cause vagueneL, in answers. Questions/tasking must therefore be carefully formulated. The Customer must understand that the more precise he/she words a question, the more exact the Source's answer will be. The rule of th-,' isk a question which, to the best of the Customer's knowledge, will nave only a single, exact answer. Several examples may be used to illustrate this: EXAMPLE: Time__~iu.a.n_s should be as exact as possible: "Where will Mr. X be iiuxt Thursday at 3PM?" is infinitely preferable to, "Where will Mr. X 4eek?" The Customer should avoid questions containing phrases such as, "On or about ...... A worst possible example of this would be, ""Where will Mr. X be within an actionable period of time?" If the Customer wants to know where Mr. A Wlil be throughout the span of next week, it would be infinitely better to ask many questions of exact time: "Where will X be at 3PM Monday0", "Where will X be at 3PM Tuesday?", etc. EXAMPLE: Locations should be as exact as possible: "Describe the den of X's home" is, on the surface, an exact question requiring an exact L-nqwer. if, however, the Customer knows that X has several homes and continually moves between them, it would be better to task the Source with, "Describe the den in X's Los Angeles home." EXAMPLE: The best results are obtained when only one answer is expected to NOFORN SPECIAL ACCESS REQUIRED Handle Via SKEET Channels Only Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2100340003-9 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2100340003-9 N STTPPLED NOFORN SPECIAL ACCESS REQUIRED each question: qjIt is better.to task the`Source_,~with!.."Yil1 X be at location A on,11driday?", "WillX be at location B on Monday?",.etc. than to ask 'Which of 5 known locations will X be at onlMonday?" (X may, in reality,;visit several or none of them on Monday.) Again, the rule of thumb is: Ask a question which, to the best of your knowledge, will have only a single, exact answer. 'he Customer should be aware that, for reasons of security and operational effectiveness, Sources are not always given the background data which the Customer provides with the tasking questions. Therefore, Sources may tend t.o report extraneous data in their Summary Reports, which are '~p main Reporting sheet. The Summary Report usually contains mucl-I ir information, but may also contain choice tidbits of untasked informaT-ion of possible value to the Customer's analysts, and may stimulate fur~~Pr tasking. EVALUATION: A separate reporting package is returned to the Customer from each Source. This package will include the Source's reporting sheet, the Source's Summary page, and the Project Officer's comments. I"- - LUleiving Analyst reads the answers and uses the information in whatever way necessary, the EVALUATION WORKSHEET should be kept at hand. As each answer is read from each Source, the Analyst can mark the evaluation sheet to show the degree of usefulness that answer has been to him/her. The evaluatinn rriteria have been kept very simple: r, High Low No Value Value Value Value When all Source Reports have been received and evaluated, please place a xerox copy of the evaluation into the self-addressed stamped envelope provided with it, and mail it to DCSINT. STIPPLED NOFORN SPECIAL ACCESS REQUIRED Handle Via SKEET Channels Only Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789ROO2100340003-9