No More Secrets: Open Source Information and the Reshaping of U.S. Intelligence
This in-depth analysis shows how the high stakes contest surrounding open source information is forcing significant reform within the U.S. intelligence community, the homeland security sector, and among citizen activists.

Since 9/11, U.S. intelligence organizations have grappled with the use of "open source" information derived from unclassified material, including international newspapers, television, radio, and websites. They have struggled as well with the idea of sharing information with international and domestic law enforcement partners. The apparent conflict between this openness and the secrecy inherent in intelligence provides an opportunity to reconsider what intelligence is, how it is used, and how citizens and their government interact in the interests of national security. That is the goal of No More Secrets: Open Source Information and the Reshaping of U.S. Intelligence.

To write this thought-provoking book, the author drew on his own direct participation in the institutionalization of open source within the U.S. government from 2001 to 2005, seeking to explain how these developments influence the nature of intelligence and relate to the deliberative principles of a democratic society. By analyzing how open source policies and practices are developed, maintained, and transformed, this study enhances public understanding of both intelligence and national security affairs.
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No More Secrets: Open Source Information and the Reshaping of U.S. Intelligence
This in-depth analysis shows how the high stakes contest surrounding open source information is forcing significant reform within the U.S. intelligence community, the homeland security sector, and among citizen activists.

Since 9/11, U.S. intelligence organizations have grappled with the use of "open source" information derived from unclassified material, including international newspapers, television, radio, and websites. They have struggled as well with the idea of sharing information with international and domestic law enforcement partners. The apparent conflict between this openness and the secrecy inherent in intelligence provides an opportunity to reconsider what intelligence is, how it is used, and how citizens and their government interact in the interests of national security. That is the goal of No More Secrets: Open Source Information and the Reshaping of U.S. Intelligence.

To write this thought-provoking book, the author drew on his own direct participation in the institutionalization of open source within the U.S. government from 2001 to 2005, seeking to explain how these developments influence the nature of intelligence and relate to the deliberative principles of a democratic society. By analyzing how open source policies and practices are developed, maintained, and transformed, this study enhances public understanding of both intelligence and national security affairs.
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No More Secrets: Open Source Information and the Reshaping of U.S. Intelligence

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This in-depth analysis shows how the high stakes contest surrounding open source information is forcing significant reform within the U.S. intelligence community, the homeland security sector, and among citizen activists.

Since 9/11, U.S. intelligence organizations have grappled with the use of "open source" information derived from unclassified material, including international newspapers, television, radio, and websites. They have struggled as well with the idea of sharing information with international and domestic law enforcement partners. The apparent conflict between this openness and the secrecy inherent in intelligence provides an opportunity to reconsider what intelligence is, how it is used, and how citizens and their government interact in the interests of national security. That is the goal of No More Secrets: Open Source Information and the Reshaping of U.S. Intelligence.

To write this thought-provoking book, the author drew on his own direct participation in the institutionalization of open source within the U.S. government from 2001 to 2005, seeking to explain how these developments influence the nature of intelligence and relate to the deliberative principles of a democratic society. By analyzing how open source policies and practices are developed, maintained, and transformed, this study enhances public understanding of both intelligence and national security affairs.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798216123484
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 05/18/2011
Series: Praeger Security International
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 240
File size: 2 MB
Age Range: 7 - 17 Years

About the Author

Hamilton Bean, PhD, is assistant professor of communication in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado, Denver.
Hamilton Bean, PhD, is assistant professor of communication in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado, Denver.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Senator Gary Hart
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: The Coming of Age of Open Source
Chapter 2: The Origins of the Open Source Debate
Chapter 3: A Discourse-Centered Perspective on Open Source Developments
Chapter 4: "The Source of First Resort": The Intelligence Community
Chapter 5: Bridging a Cultural Divide: Homeland Security
Chapter 6: Open Source as a Resource for Citizen Participation in National Security Affairs
Chapter 7: Open Source, Democracy, and the Future of U.S. Intelligence
Appendix: Open Source Contexts and Practices
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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“An assiduous and incisive account of the U.S. Intelligence Community’s flirtation with ‘open source intelligence’.”

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