Criminal Law Assignment 2022

Running head: CRIMINAL LAW
CRIMINAL LAW
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1CRIMINAL LAW
Part 1
Pros and Cons of OSINT
Open Source Intelligence can be described as the data that is collected by way of sourced
that are available to the public through the use of internet. The use of OSINT can be
advantageous as well as disadvantageous (Hribar, Podbregar & Ivanuša, 2014). The advantage of
OSINT is that internet is free for all and can be accessible by anyone for all the information that
is readily available. The disadvantages lie in the fact that the information gathered from an open
source can be misused by someone with an intention to harm or malign.
How OSINT relates to other sources of intelligence
The collection of intelligence is done in five different ways namely, OSINT, HUMINT,
SIGINT, IMINT, MASINT and OSINT (Stottlemyre, 2015). The other four intelligences except
OSINT can be seen to be the responsibility of single agencies. However OSINT can be seen to
be collected by all of U.S. Intelligence Community.
Part 2
Intelligence Community
The term intelligence community can be described as all the government and public
agencies as well as the private agencies that are seen to be gathering, assembling and reporting
data in relation to national security or even the security of the world. In USA the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National Security