Reid Training Programs
Elicitation for Field Intelligence Collection
This two-day training program is intended to assist American military personnel, Special Forces operators, civilian and DOD intelligence officers and counterintelligence agents in the tradecraft of Elicitation which is an interaction with a human intelligence source wherein the source is largely unaware that information is being intentionally drawn from them.
The Reid Elicitation Techniques presented within this program are organized into Five Steps which are user friendly and simplify field application. The Five Steps are:
1) Strategy (wherein the elicitor selects a targeted human source and identifies source vulnerabilities that can be exploited during elicitation);
2) Initiation (wherein the elicitor chooses among available logistical options for an elicitation encounter such as time, place, pace, and manner of engaging a targeted human source);
3) Approach (wherein the elicitor uses veiled persuasive reasoning to draw sought-after information from a targeted human source);
4) Execution (wherein the elicitor assimilates an appropriate strategy, the effective approaches, and a safe smart initiative into an elicitation encounter); and
5) Closure (wherein the elicitor probes the depth of information to be derived from a targeted human source.)
This training also includes modules on: a) behavior symptoms for assessment of the evolving success or failure of an elicitation encounter; and b) recognition of, and resistance to, hostile nation elicitation initiatives against unsuspecting American targets.
Elicitation for Field Intelligence Collection can be offered as a two-day stand-alone program or as a one-day adjunct to the 4-day version of the traditional Reid Military Instructional Program.
If you are interested in hosting this training program for your personnel, please contact Julie Rock / 855-479-3959 / jrock@reid.com.