Spy Agencies Turn To Online Sources For Info

palegray.net sends us to US News and World Report for an article about increased spy agency use of online sources. Turning to well-known destinations such as NPR and Wikipedia, folks in the intelligence world are increasingly filling their reports with information gleaned from the public domain. "A few days ago, a senior officer at the Pentagon called his intelligence officer into his office. The boss had heard a news report about China while driving to his office and wanted some answers. It wasn't a tough assignment, given the news coverage, but there was a hitch. 'There was plenty of information in the public domain about the topic,' recalls the intelligence officer, a 10-year veteran. 'And yet, if there wasn't some classified information cited in my report, the boss would never believe it was accurate.'"

Comments

Re:How naive can people get?

[Joe Snipe]

Even I spy on my friends and neighbors this way and have done so for years

I think this is the first time I actually experienced "lolwut?"

Re:How naive can people get?

[exp(pi*sqrt(163))]

"lolwut". I had to look that one up. LOL! And you can ignore this sentence, it's just to pass the time so /. lets me post.