When does open source information become “open source intelligence?”

CPT Charles Garrison — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 10:03:28 -0500

I was not MI, so I am interested in the community's take on this.

Response by Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS made Feb 10 at 2015 10:08 AM

Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 10:08:14 -0500

Information plus Analysis.

Data by itself is not intelligence. It's just information.

So having a map is information. Even putting enemy locations down is just information. However when you start to convert those locations into "types" of units that becomes Intelligence. Because that is Analyzing the Data you have.

100 men, with specific gear, wearing specific uniforms, becomes a specific Unit.

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On the open source side. Same thing.

Take available information, and provide analysis to create Intelligence.

Response by SGT Steven Eugene Kuhn MBA made Feb 10 at 2015 10:08 AM

SGT Steven Eugene Kuhn MBA — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 10:08:46 -0500

I believe it has to do with the perspective and the current need