No More Secrets: Open Source Information and the Reshaping of U.S. Intelligence (Praeger Security International)

Hamilton Bean

ISBN 10: 0313391556 / ISBN 13: 9780313391552

Published by Praeger, 2011

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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. Series: Praeger Security International. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 18. Weight in Grams: 520. . 2011. Hardcover. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: No More Secrets: Open Source Information and the Reshaping of U.S. Intelligence (Praeger Security International)
• Publisher: Praeger
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0313391556
• ISBN 13: 9780313391552
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Gary Hart represented Colorado in the U.S. Senate from 1975 to 1987. He is the author of fifteen books, including The Shield and The Cloak and Restoration of the Republic. Hart has lectured at Yale, the University of California, and Oxford, where he earned a doctor of philosophy in politics. A lifelong Democratic reformer, he is currently a professor at the University of Colorado, a distinguished fellow at the New America Foundation, and chairman of the American Security Project. He resides with his family in Kittredge, Colorado.