CIA mines 'rich' content from blogs

[kpete]

CIA mines 'rich' content from blogs
By Bill Gertz
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
April 19, 2006


President Bush and U.S. policy-makers are receiving more intelligence from open sources such as Internet blogs and foreign newspapers than they previously did, senior intelligence officials said.

The new Open Source Center (OSC) at CIA headquarters recently stepped up data collection and analysis based on bloggers worldwide and is developing new methods to gauge the reliability of the content, said OSC Director Douglas J. Naquin.

"A lot of blogs now have become very big on the Internet, and we're getting a lot of rich information on blogs that are telling us a lot about social perspectives and everything from what the general feeling is to ... people putting information on there that doesn't exist anywhere else," Mr. Naquin told The Washington Times.

more at:
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20060418-110124-3694r.htm

[Dogmudgeon]

1. The "Open Source" Center?

Do they intend to add Linux to the Axis of Evil?

--p!
And pick up the fat little bird for questioning!

[baby_mouse]

5. Potentially, yes, I'm sure they do.

It's a threat to their global hegemony because it doesn't conform. So they'll try to do something about it.

[Norquist Nemesis]

2. Does Frank Luntz have a corner office at the OSC?

"and we're getting a lot of rich information on blogs that are telling us a lot about social perspectives and everything from what the general feeling is to"

It's the new method of taking polls. So, when Bush can say he doesn't pay attention to polls but 'knows what the people want' it's been filtered through Karl and Frank already.

[kaygore]

3. Who the hell buys that Washington Times rag????

It's a bunch of Moonies

[natrat]

4. fuck you agent mike you traitor