F. Collection Directives
( )Committee staff reviewed the IC's national HUMINT collection directives (NHCDs) covering Iraq's WMD programs published in the years preceding Operation Iraqi Freedom. The NHCD's are the IC's primary guidance to its HUMINT collectors around the world on how to prioritize and guide HUMINT collection efforts. The NHCDs provide lists of questions and information requirements, categorized by subject, to be explored with sources that have the appropriate knowledge and access to information. The NHCD's are reviewed by appropriate analysts in the IC to ensure that their analytic questions and requirements are being met. All of the questions and requirements in the NHCDs on Iraq's WMD programs were written with the clear presumption that Iraq had active WMD programs, and focused on collecting information about issues such as the extent of Iraq's WMD activities, None of the NHCDs reviewed by Committee staff contained any questions or requirements that suggested that collection be focused on determining whether Iraq had weapons of mass destruction or active WMD programs.
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