▁source , ▁electronic ▁and ▁communic ations ▁intercept , ▁imag ery ▁or ▁open ▁sources . ▁The ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁R FI ▁and ▁the ▁ur gency ▁placed ▁on ▁it ▁may ▁indicate ▁that ▁some ▁collection ▁types ▁are ▁un su itable ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁time ▁taken ▁to ▁collect ▁or ▁validate ▁the ▁information ▁gathered . ▁Int elligence ▁gather ing ▁discipl ines ▁and ▁the ▁sources ▁and ▁methods ▁used ▁are ▁often ▁highly ▁class ified ▁and ▁compart ment al ised , ▁with ▁anal yst s ▁requiring ▁an ▁appropriate ▁high ▁level ▁of ▁security ▁clear ance . ▁ ▁The ▁process ▁of ▁taking ▁known ▁information ▁about ▁situations ▁and ▁entities ▁of ▁importance ▁to ▁the ▁R FI , ▁character izing ▁what ▁is ▁known ▁and ▁attempting ▁to ▁forec ast ▁future ▁events ▁is ▁term ed ▁" all ▁source " ▁assess ment , ▁analysis ▁or ▁processing . ▁The ▁anal yst ▁uses ▁multiple ▁sources ▁to ▁mut ually ▁cor ro bor ate , ▁or ▁exclude , ▁the ▁information ▁collected , ▁reaching ▁a ▁conclusion ▁along ▁with ▁a ▁measure ▁of ▁confidence ▁around ▁that ▁conclusion . ▁ ▁Where ▁sufficient ▁current ▁information ▁already ▁exists , ▁the ▁analysis ▁may ▁be ▁task ed ▁directly ▁without ▁reference ▁to ▁further ▁collection . ▁ ▁The ▁analysis ▁is ▁then ▁communic ated ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁request er ▁in ▁the ▁format ▁directed , ▁although ▁subject ▁to ▁the ▁constraints ▁on ▁both ▁the ▁R FI ▁and ▁the ▁methods ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁analysis , ▁the ▁format ▁may ▁be ▁made ▁available ▁for ▁other ▁uses ▁as ▁well ▁and ▁dis sem in ated ▁accordingly . ▁The ▁analysis ▁will ▁be ▁written ▁to ▁a ▁defined ▁classification ▁level ▁with ▁alternative ▁versions ▁potentially