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Re: Weird military acronyms



Yep.

As opposed to OSINT (Open Source Intelligence), SIGINT (Signals Intelligence), HUMINT (Human Intelligence -- spies), IMINT (Imagery Intelligence) and so on.  Rumor Intelligence is NOT an official category -- but it was a source we used.  Technically it would fall under OSINT in the official lexicon.  We used the term to differentiate between stuff you read in a book or newspaper or on a blog, and stuff that was "grapevine" originated...



From: Rick Smith <rick_ww@lightspeed.ca>
To: tft@brainiac.com
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 10:00 AM
Subject: Weird military acronyms

What does RUMINT stand for?

Rumor Intelligence?

Warm regards, Rick.



On 2016-09-30, at 9:58 AM, Jeffrey Vandine wrote:

Never heard that story, but then I probably wasn't a member of that organization.  In the military, I'd count that as "unconfirmed RUMINT," but I'd start looking into it to verify or discount it.  If true, shame on Steve.