Contents
Perspectives on Open Source Intelligence
Debating How the IC Should Approach Open Source Intelligence: A Roundtable Discussion by John Pulju
Debating Open Source: A Practitioner’s Perspective by Amelia Favere
The Case for Creating an Open-Source Intelligence Agency by William Usher
Open Source at a Critical Point in History: The View from CIA’s Directorate of Digital Innovation by Daniel L. Richard
China’s Thickening Information Fog: Overcoming New Challenges in Analysis by Jonah Victor
Intelligence in Public Media – Reviews
Open Source Investigations in the Age of Google
Reviewed by Stephen Mercado
Counter-Intelligence: What the Secret World Can Teach Us About Problem-Solving and Creativity
and
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
Reviewed by John Ehrman
The Last Honest Man: The CIA, the FBI, the Mafia, and the
Kennedys—and One Senator’s Fight to Save Democracy
Reviewed by David Robarge
The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the CIA, and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iran
Reviewed by Brent Geary
Zhou Enlai: A Life
Reviewed by Matthew J.
Bombing Hitler’s Hometown: The Untold Story of the Last Mass Bomber Raid of World War Two in Europe
Reviewed by David A. Welker
The Suicide Museum: A Novel
Reviewed by Graham Alexander
Intelligence Officer’s Bookshelf - September 2024
Compiled and reviewed by Hayden Peake
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Contributors
Article Contributors
Amelia Favere is an open-source expert and member of the Lessons Learned Program in CIA’s Center for the Study of Intelligence.
John Pulju is director of the Center for the Study of Intelligence and chair of the Studies in Intelligence Editorial Board.
Daniel L. Richard is the Associate Deputy Director of CIA for Digital Innovation.
William Usher is a retired CIA senior intelligence analyst. He is now senior director for intelligence with the Special Competitive Studies Project.
Jonah Victor is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies of the National Defense University. He has served as a senior China analyst at the Department of Defense. The author thanks Phillip Saunders and Joel Wuthnow for their support and advice on this project.
Reviewers
Graham Alexander is the pen name of a CIA operations officer.
John Ehrman is a retired Directorate of Analysis officer and frequent contributor to Studies.
Brent Geary is a member of CIA’s History Staff and a member of the Studies Editorial Board.
Matthew J. is a CIA analyst. He previously taught and researched East and Southeast Asian politics and PRC foreign policy.
Stephen Mercado is a retired CIA open-source officer and frequent contributor to Studies.
Hayden Peake served in CIA’s Directorates of Operations and Science and Technology. He has contributed to the Intelligence Officer’s Bookshelf since 2002.
David Robarge is the chief of CIA’s History Staff.
David Welker is a member of CIA History Staff.