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1995 House Appropriations Committee Surveys Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)
History of Opposition, Legislation, Methods & Process, PolicyIn 1995 the House Appropriations Committee (HAC) took and interest in Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), and c arried out a survey that to the best of our knowledge, was blocked, side-stepped, and generally not respected by the U.S. Intelligence Community generally and the Department of Defense (DoD) specifically.
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Reference: Error Management in US Intelligence (1995)
Director of National Intelligence et al (IC), Historic Contributions1996 GIQ 13/2 Creating a Smart Nation: Strategy, Policy, Intelligence, and Information
Articles & Chapters, Best Practices in Management, Change & Innovation, Complexity & Resilience, Consciousness & Social IQ, Decision-Making & Decision-Support, Democracy, Education (General), Education (Universities), Environment (Solutions), Intelligence (Collective & Quantum), Intelligence (Commercial), Intelligence (Government/Secret), Intelligence (Public), Intelligence (Wealth of Networks)![Cover GIQ Smart Nation](http://phibetaiota.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Cover-GIQ.gif)
“SPECIAL FEATURE: Creating a Smart Nation–Strategy, Policy, Intelligence, and Information,” pp. 159-173
1995 Open Sources and the Virtual Intelligence Community (with MC&G Emphasis)
Briefings & Lectures1995 INS 10/4 Private Enterprise Intelligence: Its Potential Contribution to National Security
Articles & Chapters, Best Practices in Management, Change & Innovation, Information Operations, Information Society, Intelligence (Commercial), Intelligence (Government/Secret), Intelligence (Public)1995 National Information Strategy 101 Presentation to CENDI/COSPO*
Briefings & LecturesNATIONAL INFORMATION STRATEGY:
CENDI & COSPO AS CATALYSTS
FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS
Introduction Open Source Roots–Copeland Anecdote Informing the Consumer or Collecting Secrets? 90% of Consumer's Input Unclassified & Unanalyzed (Congress, White House, Bureaucracy, Foreign Governments, Lobbyists, Think Tanks, Media, Friends–<10% Intelligence) 40-80% of Producer's Input from Open Sources–Allen Dulles New Threats/Environments Lend Themselves to OSINT Coverage Jig-Saw Puzzle Analogy–OSINT and Other Means Opportunity for Savings in Every Government Department PATHFINDER at the Dawn of the 21st Century
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