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| − | |description = A resource by means of which intelligence is gathered.
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| − | |wikipedia = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_(intelligence)
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| − | An '''intelligence asset''' (or simply '''assett''') is generally considered a person within an organization or country, who provides information for an outside party; a [[HUMINT]] source. It can also be used to describe [[journalists]] who receive their manuscripts, or work orders, from [[intelligence agencies]].
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| − | ==General definition==
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| − | An asset can be: "any thing designed, developed, cultivated or utilized to collect information (which is) required." The asset is what is used to get the information.<ref>http://www.intelligence101.com/intelligence-assets-what-is-an-intelligence-asset/ saved at [https://web.archive.org/web/20171211141014/http://www.intelligence101.com/intelligence-assets-what-is-an-intelligence-asset/ Archive.org] and [http://archive.is/Y5ldW Archive.is]</ref>
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| − | ==Politicians as assets==
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| − | [[Jeff Gates]] expresses the view that: "An asset is someone who has been profiled in sufficient depth, that if you put them in a time place and circumstance, you know within an acceptable range of probabilities, that they will perform consistent with their personality profile."<ref>https://archive.org/details/jeffgatesonthecriminalstate</ref> By extension of that thought an '''asset''' is a person in a position of influence, in politics or other areas, where he/she accomplishes things on behalf of a third party, knowingly or unknowingly.
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| − | [[Adolf Hitler]] was profiled from the US side as early as 1922 by [[military attache]] [[Truman Smith]] to: "form an estimate of his character, personality, abilities, and weaknesses."<ref>http://www.andrewnagorski.com/articles/truman-smith-american-who-saw-hitler-coming saved at [https://web.archive.org/web/20171212212512/http://www.andrewnagorski.com/articles/truman-smith-american-who-saw-hitler-coming Archive.org] and [http://archive.is/Vv9jS Archive.is]</ref>
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