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The '''Admiralty CodeSystem''' systemor '''NATO System''' is a two-charactermethod notationfor usedevaluating bycollected items of [[militaryIntelligence (information gathering)| intelligence]]. organisations to record the reliability and accuracy of a piece of information.<ref>{{Citation

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| title = Joint Warfare Publication 2-00 Intelligence Support to Joint Operations

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}}</ref> The system comprises a two-character notation assessing the reliability of the source and the assessed level of confidence on the information. The Admiralty system is used by [[NATO]] member nations and members of the [[UKUSA Community| AUSCANZUKUS]] community.

==Evaluation==

Evaluation occurs in the processing stage of the intelligence cycle recognising that collected information cannot be accepted at face value. Each item of information used in the creation of an assessment is given an indication of source reliability and assessed accuracy, based on corroboration or other assessment. Each descriptor is considered in isolation to ensure that the reliability of the source does not influence the assessed accuracy of the report.

==Reliability==

A source is assessed for reliability based on a technical assessment of its capability, or in the case of [[HUMINT| Human Intelligence sources]] their history. Notation uses and Alpha coding, A-F:

*Reliability of Source

:A - Completely Reliablereliable

:B - Usually Reliablereliable

:C - Fairly Reliablereliable

:D - Not usually Reliablereliable

:E - Unreliable

:F - CannotReliability cannot be judged

==Credibility==

An item is assessed for credibility based on likelihood and levels of corroboration by other sources. Notation uses a numeric code, 1-6.

*Accuracy of data

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:6 - Truth cannot be judged

==Reporting==

Hence, a statement coded A1 would be the best possible, meaning it was from a completely reliable source and the information was confirmed by other sources.

An assessment will provide a candidate course of action based on the coding of the items of collected information used to compile the assessment. The [[hypothesis]] will not be coded but the wording will caveat conclusions based on the levels of confidence indicated by the code.

==References==

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[[Category:Military intelligence]]