Open Source Intelligence in a Networked World - Olcott, Anthony (Continuum International Pub., 2012)
Foreword; Acronyms; PART ONE When "information retrieval system" meant the memory of the oldest employee; 1 The screwballs of K Street and the bad-eyes brigade; 2 Intelligence analysis and open sources -- the early days; 3 "Not indigestion but gluttony"; PART TWO The "information iceberg" tips over; 4 Collecting puzzle pieces while mysteries abound; 5 Six qualities of information ... ; 6 So what? Addressing the signal-to-noise problem; PART THREE So what now?; 7 Improving information "food searches"; 8 Narratives of persuasion and the battle for attention; 9 A world awash in images
PART FOUR Conclusion10 Don't be surprised by surprise; Bibliography; Index
The amount of publicly and often freely available information is staggering. Yet, the intelligence community still continues to collect and use information in the same manner as during WWII, when the OSS set out to learn as much as possible about Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan by scrutinizing encyclopedias, guide books, and short-wave radio. Today, the supply of information is greater than any possible demand, and anyone can provide information. In effect, intelligence analysts are drowning in information. The book explains how to navigate this rising flood and make best use of these new, ric