I’m gonna start keeping a packed suitcase next to my bed.
With rapidly advancing technology spreading across the globe, US spies are shifting their focus from surreptitiously photographing secret Soviet documents to trolling the Internet for what could be the next key nugget of foreign intelligence.
Among the most valuable sources, one top spook says, are blogs, MySpace and other Web 2.0 hallmarks.
“We’re looking now at YouTube, which carries some unique and honest-to-goodness intelligence,” Doug Naquin, director of the CIA’s Open Source Center said in a recent speech to CIA retirees.
As much as I write about the CIA and events in the Muslim world, I’m sure I have quite the dossier. Maybe one day I’ll issue a FOIA request and get to see what’s in it.
