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Original Post Date: 2010-11-29 Time: 22:00:03 Posted By: News Poster
A document, described by WikiLeaks as a secret U.S. State Department cable issued under the name of Secretary of State Hilary Clinton:
Reporting and Collection Needs: West Africa Sahel Region
SECRET STATE 037566
NOFORN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/16/2034 TAGS: PINR KSPR ECON CD CV GA ML MR NG SG UV SUBJECT: (S) REPORTING AND COLLECTION NEEDS: WEST AFRICA SAHEL REGION
REF: A. 08 STATE 124337 ¶B. 04 STATE 179667
Classified By: CATHERINE BROWN, DAS IPC. REASON: 1.4(C).
¶1. (S/NF) This cable provides the full text of the new National HUMINT Collection Directive (NHCD) on the West Africa Sahel region (paragraph 3-end) as well as a request for continued DOS reporting of biographic information relating to the West Africa Sahel region (paragraph 2).
¶A. (S/NF) The NHCD below supercedes the NHCD contained in Ref B and reflects the results of a recent Washington review of reporting and collection needs focused on the West Africa Sahel region (Ref A). The review produced a comprehensive list of strategic priorities (paragraph 3) and reporting and collection needs (paragraph 4) intended to guide participating USG agencies as they allocate resources and update plans to collect information on the West Africa Sahel region. The priorities should also serve as a useful tool to help the Embassy manage reporting and collection, including formulation of Mission Strategic Plans (MSPs).
¶B. (S/NF) This NHCD is compliant with the National Intelligence Priorities Framework (NIPF), which was established in response to NSPD-26 of February 24, 2003. If needed, GRPO can provide further background on the NIPF and the use of NIPF abbreviations (shown in parentheses following each sub-issue below) in NHCDs.
¶C. (S/NF) Important information often is available to non-State members of the Country Team whose agencies participated in the review of this National HUMINT Collection Directive. COMs, DCMs, and State reporting officers can assist by coordinating with other Country Team members to encourage relevant reporting through their own or State Department channels.
¶2. (S/NF) State biographic reporting:
¶A. (S/NF) The intelligence community relies on State reporting officers for much of the biographical information collected worldwide. Informal biographic reporting via email and other means is vital to the community’s collection efforts and can be sent to the INR/B (Biographic) office for dissemination to the IC.
¶B. (S/NF) Reporting officers should include as much of the following information as possible when they have information relating to persons linked to the West Africa Sahel region: office and organizational titles; names, position titles and other information on business cards; numbers of telephones, cell phones, pagers and faxes; compendia of contact information, such as telephone directories (in compact disc or electronic format if available) and e-mail listings; internet and intranet “handles”, internet e-mail addresses, web site identification-URLs; credit card account numbers; frequent flyer account numbers; work schedules, and other relevant biographical information.
¶3. (S/NF) Priority issues and issues outline:
This directive covers eight countries of Sahelian West Africa: Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, The Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal. The coastal countries to the south (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, and Benin) are covered separately in the West Africa Littoral directive.
¶I. Regional Issues
¶A. Security 1) International Terrorism (TERR) 2) Response To Terrorism (TERR) 3) Military (FMCC) 4) Support for U.S. Military Contingency Planning (HREL) 5) Insurgent and Separatist Groups (SRCC) 6) Relations With The United States (FPOL) 7) Drug Trafficking (DRUG) 8) Peacekeeping (SRCC) 9) GRPO can provide text of this issue.
¶B. Governance 1) Leadership (LEAD) 2) Government Stability and Support For Democracy (DEPS) 3) Human Rights (HRWC) 4) Political Opposition (DEPS)
¶C. Socio-Economic Issues 1) Agriculture and Food Security (FOOD) 2) Foreign Aid and Relations (FPOL) 3) Criminal Activities (CRIM) 4) Health and Infectious Diseases (HLTH) 5) Population and Refugee Issues (DEMG) 6) Economic Institutions and Initiatives (ECFS) 7) Environmental Issues (ENVR)
¶D. Information Systems and Telecommunications Infrastructure (INFR)
II. Country-Specific Issues
¶A. Chad: Sudan/Darfur Issues (SRCC-2)
¶4. (S/NF) Reporting and collection needs:
¶I. Regional Issues
¶A. Security
1) International Terrorism (TERR). – – Details, presence, and activities related to al-Qa’ida in the land of the Islamic Maghreb and other terrorist-related individuals and organizations. – – Plans and intentions for operations against U.S. or allied personnel or interests. – – Links to weapons of mass destruction or related materials. – – Presence and activities of fighters returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. – – Information on organizations, leadership, personnel, tradecraft, intelligence and counterintelligence capabilities, financing, front companies, recruitment, and training. – – Weapons and methodologies, particularly for improvised explosive devices. – – Details about local support networks, particularly for transshipments. – – Details about couriers operating in, or originating outside of, the region. – – Presence and activities of non-North African fighters in the region. – – Indications that international terrorist groups are seeking to take advantage of political, ethnic, tribal, or religious conflict. – – Health, biographic, biometric, and assessment information on leaders.
NIPF Priority for Non-State Actors for TERR Al-Qa’ida and Sunni Affiliates: 1, Hizballah (Lebanese): 1, Jama’at Tablighi: 3
HUMINT Priority for TERR Burkina Faso: 5H, Cape Verde: 5H, The Gambia: 5H, Senegal: 5H
2) Response To Terrorism (TERR). – – Capability, willingness and intent of countries to cooperate with U.S. counterterrorism (CT) efforts and policies, and to conduct counterterrorist operations. – – Details about CT legislation, organizations, capabilities, equipment, operations, tactics, and limitations. – – Data regarding the impact of U.S. and multilateral economic sanctions – – Policies, attitudes, and actions regarding U.S. and other western CT training. – – Military and security forces’ attitudes towards CT training and operations. – – Interaction and interoperability of security and military forces with foreign CT forces. – – Public attitudes towards CT policies and activities. – – Plans to deploy biometric systems to enhance domestic counterterrorism efforts.
NIPF Priority for Non-State Actors for TERR Al-Qa’ida and Sunni Affiliates: 1, Hizballah (Lebanese): 1, Jama’at Tablighi: 3
HUMINT Priority for TERR Burkina Faso: 5H, Cape Verde: 5H, The Gambia: 5H, Senegal: 5H
3) Military (FMCC) – – Plans, intentions, status and details of the national defense policy and strategy. – – Military relations with other countries, including training exercises. – – Capabilities, disposition, vulnerabilities, and readiness of forces. – – Details about military personnel, units, equipment, and tactics. – – Plans and efforts regarding military reform, procurement, and modernization. – – Government cooperation regarding U.S. POW/MIAs and detained U.S. citizens. – – Evidence of coup plotting in military ranks. – – Evidence of criminal activity in military ranks and impact. – – Extent and effects of ethnic, religious, and political factions within the military. – – Public attitudes towards the military and other security forces. – – Details of covert arms acquisitions and arms sales.
HUMINT Priority for FMCC Burkina Faso: 5H, Cape Verde: 5H, The Gambia: 5H
4) Support for U.S. Military Contingency Planning (HREL). – – Plans, intentions, and capability of host governments to support evacuation or humanitarian assistance by U.S. forces, including host nations’ ability and willingness to protect U.S. citizens and/or facilities. – – Internal developments that could prompt U.S. contingency planning for Non-combatant Evacuation Operations (NEO) or humanitarian assistance. – – Host government’s emergency management capabilities and points-of-contact. – – Details about infrastructure, medical facilities, and communication networks. – – Geocoordinates and description of third-country diplomatic, humanitarian aid, and non-governmental organization (NGO) facilities. – – Evacuation routes, including official/unofficial checkpoints, chokepoints, and potential impediments.
NIPF Priority for HREL Chad: 3, Niger: 5
HUMINT Priority for HREL Burkina Faso: 5H, Cape Verde: 5H, The Gambia: 5H, Mali: 5H, Mauritania: 5H, Senegal: 5H
5) Insurgent and Separatist Groups (SRCC). – – Plans, intentions, and capabilities of separatist, insurgent or radical opposition groups or organizations to influence or destabilize host country government. – – Clandestine efforts to subvert peace accords and reconciliation efforts. – – Plans and intentions relating to U.S. citizens and military personnel in the region. – – Leadership, organization, recruitment and training, tactics, sources of financing, and Command, Control, Communications, Computer, and Intelligence capabilities. – – Goals and attitudes toward peace accords and reconciliation efforts. – – Links to foreign governments and non-state actors in foreign countries. – – Public support for groups. – – Links to international terrorist groups. – – Health, biographic, biometric, and assessment information on leaders.
6) Relations with the United States (FPOL). – – Plans and intentions of government and government leaders concerning relations with the United States, including plans and efforts to support or oppose U.S. policies and efforts in international fora. – – Decision-making, policies, plans, negotiating strategies, and efforts, particularly regarding Burkina Faso. – – Impact of relations with China on relations with the United States. – – Public opinion about U.S. actions in Africa, particularly regarding the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and the Millennium Challenge Corporation foreign aid program. – – Response to U.S. policies regarding the Sahel region, the Middle East, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, and the global war on terror. – – Impact of trade relations with India and Brazil on relations with the United States.
7) Drug Trafficking (DRUG). – – Government plans and intentions regarding drug production and trafficking. – – Use of transportation networks for drug production, trafficking, or storage. – – Details about types of drugs trafficked and associated transportation networks and seizures. – – Details about front companies, financial institutions, and money flow. – – Links to international terrorist groups. – – Links to drug producers outside of region, particularly Latin American cocaine cartels. – – Links to regional or international drug distribution networks. – – Law enforcement and judiciary capabilities to combat drug trafficking and production. – – Drug traffickers’ efforts to corrupt or undermine law enforcement and government. – – Presence, use, or transshipment of precursor chemicals and associated equipment for drug production. – – Information about terrorist or insurgent groups’ income derived from the drug trade, including drug types and quantities. – – Information on impact of drug trafficking and use, particularly on public health and crime, and supporting internal statistics.
NIPF Priority for DRUG Senegal: 5
HUMINT Priority for DRUG Burkina Faso: 5H, Cape Verde: 4H, Chad: 5H, The Gambia: 5H, Mali: 5H, Mauritania: 3H, Niger: 5H
8) Peacekeeping (SRCC). – – Governments’ plans and intentions to participate in or support peacekeeping operations and funding allocated/spent. – – Military and security forces’ willingness and capability to train with other nations and participate in peacekeeping operations, and details of peacekeeping experience. – – Military and security forces’ capabilities and willingness to accept international military assistance and joint training. – – Perception of troops’ performance during peacekeeping operations.
9) GRPO can provide text of this issue and related requirements.
¶B. Governance
1) Leadership (LEAD). – – Key issues of concern to national and opposition leadership, particularly dynamics and decision-making processes of key civilian and military officials and of ruling political parties, including coup plotting. – – Attitude toward political opposition. – – Personal financial resources, financial institutions used, and personal relationships. – – Biographic data, including opinions about the United States.
HUMINT Priority for LEAD Burkina Faso: 3H, Cape Verde: 5H, Chad: 3H, The Gambia: 5H, Mali: 5H, Mauritania: 3H, Niger: 5H, Senegal: 4H
2) Government Stability and Support For Democracy (DEPS). – – Internal or external threats to government stability, democracy, or rule of law, including government efforts to address these threats. – – Government control over national territory and borders, including areas where government authority is weak or absent. – – Commitment to representative government and democratic reforms, particularly during election cycle. – – Laws, policies, and prospects for political succession and elections. – – Details on corruption and anti-corruption measures. – – Drivers of, and responses to, political instability or economic deterioration. – – Details on administrative, judicial, and legislative organs and related decision-making. – – Signs of ethnic, religious, or generational polarization and impact on decision-making. – – Political and social infrastructure development in remote regions.
NIPF Priority for DEPS Chad: 4, Mauritania: 5, Senegal: 5
HUMINT Priority for DEPS Burkina Faso: 5H, Cape Verde: 5H, The Gambia: 5H, Mali: 5H, Niger: 5H
3) Human Rights (HRWC). – – Details of human rights abuses by intelligence and security services, military, paramilitary, police, or other officials, or by insurgent, separatist, or other groups. – – Details of government efforts and capability to prevent or respond to abuses. – – Government reaction to foreign and domestic criticism of alleged human rights abuses. – – Details of alleged disenfranchisement or enslavement of individuals or groups, including government complicity or inaction. – – Government relationship with international peacekeeping and aid organizations.
NIPF Priority for HRWC Chad: 2, Mauritania: 5, Niger: 5
HUMINT Priority for HRWC Burkina Faso: 5H, Cape Verde: 5H, The Gambia: 4H, Mali: 5H, Senegal: 5H
4) Political Opposition (DEPS). – – Plans, intentions, and role of opposition parties in political system, including intention to use extra-legal means to depose government. – – Activities, plans, intentions, and sources of funding and support. – – Leadership, organization, agendas, membership, and level of influence. – – Plans and intentions related to the election cycle. – – Alliances, factions, and evidence of links to foreign governments or insurgent/separatist groups. – – Opinions of ethnic, religious, and other population groups towards the government and political opposition.
NIPF Priority for DEPS Chad: 4, Mauritania: 5, Senegal: 5
HUMINT Priority for DEPS Burkina Faso: 5H, Cape Verde: 5H, The Gambia: 5H, Mali: 5H, Niger: 5H
¶C. Socio-Economic Issues
1) Agriculture and Food Security (FOOD). – – Government plans and actions regarding agricultural output, food security, and food safety. – – Willingness to cooperate with U.N. and other donor agencies on food-related issues. – – Details about food prices and food trade and public reaction to increasing food prices. – – Indications of environmental factors affecting agricultural output. – – Government policies and initiatives to increase agricultural producer income. – – Status of, and prospects for, cash and subsistence crops. – – Indications of invasive species affecting food security or development. – – Details about manipulation of food aid by government or warlords to enhance power.
2) Foreign Aid and Relations (FPOL). – – Governments’ and leaders’ views on foreign nations and international organizations, particularly China, Iran, and India. – – Foreign alliances, aid, and activities, including those withheld from public view. – – Details on international trade issues and economic assistance needs and requests. – – Governments’ actions and intentions regarding existing U.S. Status of Forces Agreements and the Rome Convention’s International Criminal Court (Article 98).
3) Criminal Activities (CRIM). – – Details of corruption and cross-border criminal activity, including weapons trafficking, human trafficking, alien smuggling, illicit finance, and cigarette smuggling. – – Government and law enforcement plans and intentions to combat criminal activity. – – Organizations, activities, methodologies, alliances, and vulnerabilities. – – Cooperation with terrorist or insurgent groups. – – Key investors, facilitators, beneficiaries, and corrupt officials.
4) Health and Infectious Diseases (HLTH). – – Details of infectious diseases and general health conditions, including number of cases, percentage of population affected, fatalities, dates, areas of occurrence, and impact. – – Government policies, plans, and efforts for disease prevention and identification. – – Nutrition-related health of population, including refugees. – – Vaccination practices, capabilities, and response related to drug-resistant and Emerging and Re-Emerging Diseases, particularly polio and tuberculosis. – – Effect of HIV/AIDS or other diseases on military, government, or economic performance. – – Public attitudes towards disease prevention and treatment programs. – – Indications of infectious plant, animal, or zoonotic diseases (animal to human transmission) with potential economic or public health consequences. – – Details about contaminated food, water, air, and soil. – – Information on medical facilities, including capabilities and training.
5) Population and Refugee Issues (DEMG). – – Population movements in the region, and governments’ involvement and response. – – Indications of actual or potential refugee movements within or into the region. – – Locations and conditions of refugee camps and informal refugee and internally displaced persons (IDP) gathering sites and transit routes. – – Government capability and willingness to assist refugees and IDPs. – – Health and demographic statistics of refugees and IDPs. – – Dynamics and impact of migration and demographic shifts. – – Efforts to repatriate refugees.
NIPF Priority for DEMG Chad: 3, Mali: 4, Mauritania: 4, Niger: 4 HUMINT Priority for DEMG Burkina Faso: 4H, Cape Verde: 4H, The Gambia: 4H, Senegal: 4H
6) Economic Institutions and Initiatives (ECFS). – – Policies, strategies, and efforts to improve economic growth. – – Leadership views on economic, trade, and fiscal policies and regulatory enforcement. – – Identities and roles of governments’ economic policy-making and regulatory bodies/officials. – – Macroeconomic statistics regarding trade, budget, balance of payments, and national economies, including reliability or manipulation of data. – – Public perception of economic conditions, including youth employment prospects. – – Nature and extent of underground banking systems. – – Details on economic assistance needs and partnerships, and effectiveness of aid. – – Financial data transmission systems and accounting methods. – – Details of natural resource development activities, including financing.
7) Environmental Issues (ENVR). – – Details of plans and efforts by governments, NGOs, and others to combat deforestation and desertification, including the Great Green Wall project. – – Governments’ willingness and ability to manage exploitation of natural resources and respond to natural and man-made environmental disasters. – – Capability and willingness to protect nearby sea lanes, and fishing grounds and other Exclusive Economic Zone claims. – – Negotiating positions at international environmental meetings. – – Government and public perceptions regarding environmental issues.
¶D. Information Systems and Telecommunications Infrastructure (INFR).
– – Current specifications, vulnerabilities, capabilities, and planned upgrades to, national telecommunications infrastructure and information systems, command and control systems, networks, and technologies used by government, military, and private sector. – – National leadership use of, and dependencies on, dedicated telecommunications infrastructures and information systems. – – Details about national and regional telecommunications policies, programs, regulations, service providers, vendors, and training. – – Details about internet and intranet use, infrastructure, and government oversight. – – Plans and efforts to acquire U.S. export-controlled telecommunications technology. – – Details about information repositories for Radio Frequency Identification-enabled systems used for passports, government badges, and transportation systems. – – Official and personal phone numbers, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses of principal civilian and military leaders.
– – Details about Sudanese-backed insurgency in Chad and Chadian-backed insurgency in Sudan and related population movements. – – Indications of actual or potential refugee or IDP movements, especially Sudanese and Central African Republic refugees. – – Human rights abuses against refugees currently located in Chad. – – Government’s political will and intention to engage Sudanese-backed separatists. – – Military capability to combat Sudanese-backed separatists. – – Role of international institutions in stabilizing domestic uprising. – – Details about Chadian insurgents’ relationship with the Government of Sudan. – – Details about the government’s relationship with Sudanese insurgents in Darfur. – – Presence or activities of international terrorist groups in insurgencies.
