THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATIONAL SKILLS IN THE HUMINT- PROCESS

Abstract

The possession of relevant and correct information has a substantial input in the success on the battlefield. This allows making decisions with potential to result in comprehensive and successful accomplishment of the given mission, by which the security of our personnel would be high. Military intelligence, as a crucial segment in the preparation of the battle actions, requires expert personnel who by utilizing the HUMINT (Human Intelligence) skills will contribute to securing the successfulness of the mission. The communication skills represent the pillar of the successfulness of data-acquisition via interaction with people, securing full obedience of the judicial and moral norms. The research of the role of communication skills in HUMINT in the manuscript is divided in three parts. Part one defines the process of data-acquisition and presents examples in history, by which the judicial frame of interpersonal data-acquisition is established. The second part, the importance of communication and communicational skills on a daily basis, and on a professional level, are pointed out. Part three covers a research of the advocation of the communication skills in HUMINT. Chapter three points out a real scientific evidence about the necessity of communicational skills in HUMINT. The research methodology covers the analysis of expert literature and documents, deduction of the needed elements in context, synthesis of the information and conclusions, sublimating results from scholarly and expert literature, real examples from experiences in the field, and extraction of conclusions. This manuscript proves that communication skills are the most important segment which provides correct, timely and relevant information, in respect of all international judicial norms. Key words: HUMINT, communication, skills, interrogation, intelligence.