While science and technology and human capability remain valuable facets of the same overlapping intelligence construct, an emerging trend sees diametrically opposed camps pushing for one method over the other.
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CROSSTON, Matthew and VALLI, Frank, 2017. An Intelligence Civil War “HUMINT”’vs. “TECHINT’’. Cyber, Intelligence, and Security. 2017. Vol. 1, no. 1. [Accessed 8 February 2023]. pdf 
An earlier version of this paper was published by Frank Valli as “‘HumInt’ vs. ‘TechInt’: A Forced Intelligence Dichotomy,” The Security and Intelligence Studies Journal 1, no. 3 (Summer 2014).
Parts of this paper were also published in Matthew Crosston, “American UAV Apartheid and the ‘Blowback’ of New Drone Armies,” New Eastern Outlook (April 3, 2015).
Dr. Matthew Crosston, professor of political science, is the director of the International Security and Intelligence Studies (ISIS) program at Bellevue University.
Frank Valli earned a Master of Science degree in the International Security and Intelligence Studies program at Bellevue University.