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<h2 id="source-reliability">Source reliability</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th></th><th>Rating</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>A</td><td>Reliable</td><td>No doubt about the source's <a href="/facts/Authentication/64y4S69b">authenticity</a>, <a href="/facts/Trustworthiness/bCpS9Yxg">trustworthiness</a>, or <a href="/facts/Competence_(human_resources)/3kssa6oL">competency</a>. History of complete reliability.</td></tr><tr><td>B</td><td>Usually reliable</td><td>Minor doubts. History of mostly valid information.</td></tr><tr><td>C</td><td>Fairly reliable</td><td>Doubts. Provided valid information in the past.</td></tr><tr><td>D</td><td>Not usually reliable</td><td>Significant doubts. Provided valid information in the past.</td></tr><tr><td>E</td><td>Unreliable</td><td>Lacks authenticity, trustworthiness, and competency. History of invalid information.</td></tr><tr><td>F</td><td>Reliability unknown</td><td>Insufficient information to evaluate reliability. May or may not be reliable.</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="information-credibility">Information credibility</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th></th><th>Rating</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Confirmed by independent Sources</td><td>Logical, consistent with other relevant information, confirmed by independent sources.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Probably true</td><td>Logical, consistent with other relevant information, not confirmed.</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Possibly true</td><td>Reasonably logical, agrees with some relevant information, not confirmed.</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Doubtfully True</td><td>Not logical but possible, no other information on the subject, not confirmed.</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Improbable</td><td>Not logical, contradicted by other relevant information.</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Difficult to say</td><td>The validity of the information can not be determined.</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"What Does an Army Human Intelligence Collector Do?". The Balance. Retrieved 2017-09-10.[dead link] <a href="https://www.thebalance.com/human-intelligence-collector-35m-mos-job-description-3346154" target="_blank">https://www.thebalance.com/human-intelligence-collector-35m-mos-job-description-3346154</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Human Intelligence Collector | Army.com". army.com. Retrieved 2017-09-10.[dead link] <a href="http://army.com/info/mos/human-intelligence-collector" target="_blank">http://army.com/info/mos/human-intelligence-collector</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Covert Human Intelligence Sources | MI5 - The Security Service". www.mi5.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-09-10. <a href="https://www.mi5.gov.uk/covert-human-intelligence-sources" target="_blank">https://www.mi5.gov.uk/covert-human-intelligence-sources</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"New chief of Mossad, Israel's intelligence agency, has 30 years of experience in operational, intelligence and executive positions". EIPA. 2015-12-16. Retrieved 2017-09-10. <a href="http://eipa.eu.com/2015/12/new-chief-of-mossad-israels-intelligence-agency-has-30-years-of-experience-in-operational-intelligence-and-executive-positions/" target="_blank">http://eipa.eu.com/2015/12/new-chief-of-mossad-israels-intelligence-agency-has-30-years-of-experience-in-operational-intelligence-and-executive-positions/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Montagu, Ewen (1977). Beyond Top Secret U. Peter Davies Ltd. p. 21. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Human Intelligence Collector Operations. LLMC. Field Manual FM 2-22.3 – via Google Books. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=c6mp5QHkJ8YC" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=c6mp5QHkJ8YC</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Human Intelligence Collector Operations. LLMC. Field Manual FM 2-22.3 – via Google Books. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=c6mp5QHkJ8YC" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=c6mp5QHkJ8YC</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>