Int - Open Source Intelligence FMI 2.22-9

Open Source Intelligence FMI 2-22.9

"Though always available, the exponential growth in computer technology and the Internet over the past two decades has placed more public information and processing power at the finger tips of soldiers than at any time in our past. A body of knowledge on culture, economics, geography, military affairs, and politics that was once the domain of grey-beard scholars now rest in the hands of high school graduates. For intelligence personnel, this combination of technology and information enables them to access a large body of information that they need to answer their unit's intelligence requirements. As the following quote illustrates, our reliance on classified databases and external support has, however, often left our soldiers uninformed and ill-prepared to capitalize on the huge reservoir of unclassified information available from open sources."

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