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Sensitive site exploitation was used during the invasion of Iraq in Operation Iraqi Freedom when a key part of the Coalition Forces' mission was to discover weapons of mass destruction ([[WMDs]]). The "Sensitive" of SSE referred to the possibility that sites searched might have contained chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear ([[CBRN (weapon)|CBRN]]) materials inherent in WMDs. Later, an effort was made to refer to the practice as "SE" (Site Exploitation) instead of "SSE" due to the fact that sites were still being searched and exploited, but more generally for intelligence gathering and not with the intent of locating WMDs.
The main intent of site exploitation is to extract as much potential intelligence as possible from the site of a raid or point of interest in hopes that the data collected will lead to further enemy targets and/or answer priority intelligence requirements (PIR). A secondary benefit is that this
Site exploitation consists of the following phases: securing the site (usually through a raid), documenting the site, searching the site, prioritizing
==Appearances in media==
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