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Randy Nixon roped in to get CIA up to speed on OSINT

Published on 13.01.2023 at 07:00 GMT Reading time 3 min

Director of the CIA's Open Source Enterprise (OSE) Randy Nixon © @INSAlliance/Twitter

The CIA's new Open Source Enterprise director will be expected to speed up the agency's development in open source intelligence just as the field is causing increasing concern and sparking rivalry in Washington, where it is seen as a "clean" and efficient tool to promote political and other forms of influence.

The CIA has opted for internal promotion in appointing Randy Nixon as director of Open Source Enterprise, the unit in charge of its open source intelligence, or OSINT, activities, as announced on 21 December by the CIA's digital innovation director Jennifer Ewbank. Nixon's promotion should mark the start of a major OSINT development drive on the part

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