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Competition brings improvement, and the intelligence community is facing no shortage of competition. As the Russia-Ukraine war and its troop movements provide a proving ground for open-source intelligence (OSINT) — the approach of using public information from anyone to produce intelligence — it’s clear that spy agencies are no longer the sole or even the timeliest source of information for policymakers. The impressive capabilities online sleuths have repeatedly demonstrated have driven intelligence officials to vow once again to give OSINT the big stage it deserves.

Is the time ripe for the U.S. to formalize an intelligence-sharing network with Quad partners Australia, Japan, and India?

Nonproliferation expert warns leaders aren't focused on nuclear weapons threat February 3, 2021 / 6:00 AM / CBS News In this episode of  Intelligence Matters, Michael Morell speaks with Lynn Rusten, vice president of the Nuclear Threat Initiative and leader of the Global Nuclear Policy Program, about the state of nuclear proliferation in the world. Rusten warns that experts aren't focused on the existential threat of nuclear weapons, weighs in on current nuclear treaties and argues that beginning to repair alliances would be a good place to start.  Listen to Leaders aren't focu...