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OSINT Extra Credit:  Show your knowledge of OSINT and expand on the 5 questions below

1. Why does the government prefer to hire their own to conduct OSINT analysis instead of hiring contractors to do it?

 

2. In addition to OSINT being fast, flexible, dynamic, and cheap, what are two other main benefits of OSINT?

 

3. Why is open-source information more important than ever in the post-Cold War world?

 

4. Describe how OSINT is process through the intelligence cycle.  Make sure you identify all five steps:  collection, processing, production, analysis/interpretation, and dissemination.

 

5. Name 2 of the several drawbacks/downfalls to OSINT collection, explain.

 

 

Resources:

The Downside of Open Source Intelligence

Collecting Open Source Intelligence via Tailored Information Delivery Systems

The "Grey" Intersection of Open Source Information and Intelligence 

“TRADECRAFT VERSUS SCIENCE:” Intelligence Analysis and Outsourcing

Sailing the Sea of OSINT in the Information Age

The Downside of Open Source Intelligence