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ID103567
Title ProperPatrolling the ether
Other Title InformationUS-UK open source intelligence cooperation and the BBC's emergence as an intelligence agency, 1939-1948
LanguageENG
AuthorCalkins, Laura M
Publication2011.
Summary / Abstract (Note)The British Broadcasting Corporation began recording, translating and publishing selected open radio broadcasts by foreign stations at the beginning of World War II. This open source intelligence, or 'Osint', was provided to the United States starting in 1941, and America's own monitoring agencies reciprocated, albeit with certain key restrictions. By mid-1943 the BBC monitored 1.25 million broadcast words daily. At the war's end, questions arose in Whitehall about maintaining the BBC Osint operation, but an interagency coalition prevailed over the cost-conscious Treasury. US-UK Osint exchanges broadened after the war as part of a larger set of bilateral intelligence-sharing agreements.
`In' analytical NoteIntelligence and National Security Vol. 26, No. 1; Feb 2011: p.1 - 22
Journal SourceIntelligence and National Security Vol. 26, No. 1; Feb 2011: p.1 - 22
Key WordsUS - UK Open Source Intelligence Cooperation ;  Intelligence Agency - 1939-1948 ;  BBC ;  United States ;  World War II


 
 
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