The job of the intelligence officer is to identify those strands that are worth pursuing and then to pursue them until either they are resolved, or they start to look flaky and not worth pursuing, or there is nothing more that can usefully be done. It is a risk-management process. The number of potential leads that can be followed is virtually infinite. On the other hand, covert investigation is extremely resource-intensive and impinges1 on the human rights of the subject. The threshold2 for such investigations is therefore high and the number of investigations necessarily limited. Consequently many potential leads have to be discounted. Decisions on which leads to pursue are vital, but are also complex and rich in judgement. 1 impinge - to have an effect on (something) often causing problems by limiting it in some way. 2 threshold - a point or level at which something begins or starts to take effect. Michael Herman. Internet: (with adaptations). Based on the text, it can be deduced that "On the other hand" means out of hand.

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Matéria: Inglês (Língua Inglesa)

Assunto: Interpretação de Textos (compreensão)

#22123 CEBRASPE (CESPE) - Oficial de Inteligência/Código 09 (Computação)/2004

The job of the intelligence officer is to identify those strands that are worth pursuing and then to pursue them until either they are resolved, or they start to look flaky and not worth pursuing, or there is nothing more that can usefully be done. It is a risk-management process. The number of potential leads that can be followed is virtually infinite. On the other hand, covert investigation is extremely resource-intensive and impinges¹ on the human rights of the subject. The threshold² for such investigations is therefore high and the number of investigations necessarily limited. Consequently many potential leads have to be discounted. Decisions on which leads to pursue are vital, but are also complex and rich in judgement.

¹ impinge - to have an effect on (something) often causing problems by limiting it in some way.

² threshold - a point or level at which something begins or starts to take effect.

Michael Herman. Internet: <http://www.csis-scrs.gc.ca/eng/comment/com83_e.html> (with adaptations).

Based on the text, it can be deduced that

"On the other hand" means out of hand.