Reps. Gallagher, Castro offer bill to increase agency access to intel info

House Intelligence Committee members Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Joaquin Castro (D-TX) on Thursday introduced a bill that would direct intel officials to allow other federal agencies, including the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, access to more unclassified, open-source material, including foreign translations, that could aid in policymaking. The legislation, dubbed the “ Open Source Intelligence Availability Act ,” would direct the intelligence community “to develop a plan to make unclassified intelligence products derived from open-source intelligence (such as...