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Departement of State's intelligence bureau increases OSINT use to support US diplomacy

The Department of State's Bureau of Intelligence and Research is investing in open source intelligence tools to help the Biden administration's new intelligence declassification and publication strategy. [...]

Published on 26/09/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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