Open-Source Intelligence Issue Comes Up During House Intel Committee Hearing

Members of the U,S, intelligence community, (L to R), FBI Director Christopher Wray, NSA Director Gen. Paul Nakasone, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, CIA Director William Burns, and DIA Director Lt. General Scott Berrier, testify as the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence holds its annual World-Wide Threat Hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on April 15, 2021. Tasos Katopodis-Pool/Getty Images

The issue of utilizing open-source intelligence came up with varying viewpoints during a Feb. 28 House Intelligence Committee hearing about the state of the U.S. intelligence community and how it can be improved.

Open-source intelligence is information that is publicly available through media outlets, the Internet, and other public mediums.