Military
The former Under-Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, Dr. Stephen Cambone encouraged in part by the Defense Science Board reports on Strategic Communication and Transition to and From Hostilities, created the Defense Open Source Program (DOSP). The current Under-Secretary of Defense for Intelligence is assigned executive agency for this program to the Defense Intelligence Agency.
U.S. military offices that engage in OSINT activities include:
- Defense Intelligence Agency
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- US Army Foreign Military Studies Office
- US Army Asian Studies Detachment
- EUCOM JAC Molesworth
- Open Source Branch, Joint Intelligence Center, U.S. Special Operations Command
- Foreign Media Monitoring in Support of Information Operations, U.S. Strategic Command
Read more about this topic: Open-source Intelligence, OSINT Communities
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