NATO defines HUMINT as "a category of intelligence derived from information collected and provided by human sources." A typical HUMINT activity consists of interrogations and conversations with … See more

Typically, sources of HUMINT generally include:
• Advisors or foreign internal defense personnel working with host nation forces or populations
• Diplomatic reporting by accredited diplomats See more

• Document Exploitation
• Intelligence collection management See more

• Oleg Penkovsky was a Soviet GRU colonel who served as a source to the United Kingdom and the United States by informing them of the precise knowledge necessary to address rapidly developing military tensions with the Soviet Union. See more

Italy
Italy's AISE uses mainly human intelligence. See more