WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, Congressman Scott Perry (PA-10) represented the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence at Recorded Future’s Public Sector Intelligence Forum, held at the International Spy Museum. Congressman Perry, a member of the Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) subcommittee, joined Mr. Jason Barrett, Open-Source Executive at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), and Major General Martemucci, Deputy Director of the National Security Agency (NSA), for a panel discussion moderated by Doug Smith of Recorded Future on the evolving role of OSINT.

The panel examined how the intelligence environment has fundamentally changed with the expanded use of publicly and commercially available information. Digital technologies and commercial data — increasingly enriched through artificial intelligence and machine learning — are reshaping how intelligence is gathered, analyzed, and delivered to decision-makers. While these capabilities enable faster and broader insight, they also require deliberate oversight and governance, particularly regarding civil liberties and privacy protections.

Congressman Perry emphasized the importance of realism and accountability in this evolving landscape:

“We have to acknowledge reality. It is unrealistic to assume U.S. person data will never be present in large-scale commercial datasets — whether those datasets are purchased by us or by our adversaries. The issue is not pretending that incidental exposure is impossible. The issue is ensuring that when it occurs, it is governed, minimized, filtered, and auditable.”

As part of his work on the House Intelligence Committee, Congressman Perry is leading efforts to enact reforms that strengthen safeguards protecting U.S. person information, including measures to improve transparency in commercial data acquisition, reduce duplicative purchases across agencies, and require auditable technological solutions to filter and protect U.S. citizen data.

The discussion also addressed the future of OSINT capabilities and the investments necessary to ensure responsible modernization.

Congressman Perry concluded:

“The single most important investment we can make is training. The people already exist — what’s changing is the operating environment. Intelligence officers must be trained to apply modern tradecraft in a data-rich, AI-enabled systems. Modernizing technology without modernizing tradecraft creates scale without discipline.”

The panel underscored the importance of balancing innovation with constitutional responsibility as intelligence capabilities continue to evolve.

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