(DoD) Acquisition of information from a person or group in a manner that does not disclose the intent of the interview or conversation. A technique of human source intelligence collection, generally overt, unless the collector is other than he or she purports to be.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
| APA | Military Dictionary (DoD). (2011). elicitation (intelligence). Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/elicitation_(intelligence)/definitions/1961536 |
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