Internet Searches for Vetting, Investigations, and Open-Source Intelligence

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Internet Intelligence Reporting

Based on current legal and policy standards (or lack thereof) about the use

of Internet intelligence, it appears that the highest risk is in the reporting

and subsequent use of online data. Merely conducting an online search

creates a record in the computer used. Reports may be oral or written, but

it is clear that even where formal reports are not written, the activities of

the Web searcher are chronicled in one form or another in the computer

systems used to access the Internet. Today, many enterprises allow any-

one to search any topic, to process any information gained as they wish,

and to reach whatever conclusions or decisions they believe are appropri-

ate based on their ndings. Major search engi