Author(s): Bogdan Alexandru TEODOR, Mihaela TEODOR
Publication name: Romanian Intelligence Studies Review
Publisher name: Mihai Viteazul National Intelligence Academy
Publication type: Journal article
Publication date: December 31, 2017
Pagination:
Issue/ Volume: 17-18/2017
DOI:
Abstract
Talent or human capital is the most important single factor that
determines business success or failure. In this respect, the topic of Human
Intelligence (HUMINT), or what is more popularly referred to as people, talent,
human capital, was and remain one of the hottest topic of the intelligence
history. Today, HUMINT may be defined as the collection of information by a
trained HUMINT collector, from people and their associated documents.
During the entire interwar period, the chief of Romanian Secret Service (SSI)
strived to introduce modern principles for conducting the Romanian
intelligence activity, as archival documents state. One of the modern principles
applied was the permanent concern for recruitment of human sources or
agents. Having in mind the contemporary definition of HUMINT, this paper aim
to provide a historical perspective on the Romanian Interwar Secret Service’s
policy of recruitment, trying to identify inside the structure of the SSI the
defining elements of intelligence.
Keywords: intelligence, agent, HUMINT collector, Romanian Secret
Service, interwar period.
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