Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS)

A covert human intelligence source (CHIS) is defined as a person who establishes or maintains a personal or other relationship with another person for the covert purpose of facilitating anything that:

i ) covertly uses such a relationship to obtain information or to provide access to any information to another person; or

ii) covertly discloses information obtained by the use of such a relationship or as a consequence of the existence of such a relationship.