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Although the gathering of information from open sources is a vital and significant part of all intelligence activity, it does not form the distinguishing characteristic of such activity. Rather, its unique element is secrecy — the secret collection of someone else’s secrets.’ K.G. Robertson 1987 Why is the notion of a ‘distinguishing characteristic’ so important to Robertson’s analysis, and how convincing is his resulting argument compared to other, alternative definitions of intelligence?
Although the gathering of information from open sources is a vital and significant part of all intelligence activity, it does not form the distinguishing…