communications intelligence

Technical information and intelligence derived from foreign communications by other than the intended recipients. Also called COMINT.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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communications intelligence - technical and intelligence information derived from foreign communications by other than the intended recipients

COMINT

SIGINT, signals intelligence - intelligence information gathered from communications intelligence or electronics intelligence or telemetry intelligence

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