Intelligence
Intelligence is a deliberate human activity based on concealed obtaining and processing of foreign classified information. The Czech term "zpravodajstvi" and the English term "intelligence" can be both used as a noun and an adjective and can have several different meanings. Many people use the term "information" and the term "intelligence" interchangeably (especially in English), adding that the latter one is connected to non-disclosure. We can say that intelligence is information which was obtained, processed and specified according to the "need to know" for those who make the decisions. Nevertheless, intelligence can have several slightly different meanings:
- the narrowest meaning = information obtained only through the operatives;
- the wider meaning = obtained through (all) non-disclosed methods;
- the widest meaning = obtained through all non-disclosed methods, processing of open sources and subsequent analytical work.
Source: Petr Zeman - lectures, trainings and public speeches