The issue of utilizing open-source intelligence came up with varying viewpoints during a Feb. 28 House Intelligence Committee hearing about the state of the U.S. intelligence community and how it can be improved.
Open-source intelligence is information that is publicly available through media outlets, the Internet, and other public mediums.
Amy Zegart, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, advocated for creating a U.S. government agency specializing in open-source intelligence.
“We need to have a dedicated capability not only to harness the insights of open-source and develop tradecraft, but importantly to interact with the outside world. And I think that piece is different and that’s new,” she said….