Graphic: 9-11 Commission Open Source Agency

The 9-11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, 26 July 2004.  As found on Page 23 in the Summary and Page 413 within Chapter 13, “How to Do It?  A different Way of Organizing the Government.” See also: Search: The Future of OSINT [is M4IS2-Multinational]

Memorandum: $2 Billion Obligation Plan Centered on Defense, for a New Open Source Agency

This is the budget created to support Col Vincent Stewart, USMC, then the action officer for surveying Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) reequirements and capabilities across the Department of Defense (DoD).  This amount–not necessarily these specific priorities–was offered to the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), which continues to have the only full-spectrum OSINT capability in the …

Open Source Everything – Agency or Company or Network or All Three?

USDI OSA Memo Enclosure 1 CMC Article USDI OSA Memo Enclosure 2 CINCSOC USDI OSA Memo Enclosure 3 Leadership Brief USDI OSA Memo Enclosure 4 Staff Brief USDI OSA Memo Enclosure 5 Timeline USDI OSA Memo Enclosure 6 Future RELATED Reference: 9-11 Commission Pages 23 and 413 Providing for a Separate Open Source Agency (OSA) …