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1) EXCLUSIVE | Nellie Ohr Testimony Confirms Her Work for the CIA

Prior to investigating the Trump campaign for Fusion GPS, Nellie Ohr worked as a contractor for the CIA for up to six years
theepochtimes.com/nellie-ohr-tes…

2) Prior to her work for Fusion GPS, Ohr worked for an internal open source division of the CIA named Open Source Works from 2008 to at least June of 2010.

It appears likely that she remained in that role until 2014.

3) Open Source Works is a separate entity from the more commonly known governmental open-source division, Open Source Enterprises, formally known as Open Source Center.

4) Ohr testified that she worked for the CIA’s Open Source Works division.

She also revealed that she worked for Mitre, which is funded by the US government and interacts with various intelligence agencies.

5) From 2000 to 2014, Ohr lists herself on her resume as a “Linguist/Research Analyst - Self-employed.”

But she also concurrently lists her 2013-2015 employment with Plessas Experts’ Networks as an “Expert/Content Creator.”

6) Ohr told congressional investigators that she intentionally did not list any agencies on her resume when working as an independent contractor for the US government.

7) In 2010, Nellie Ohr was listed as a participant on a June 2010 DOJ Report, Expert Working Group Report on International Organized Crime.

Ohr was described as “Nellie Ohr, Researcher, Open Source Works, Washington DC.”
ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/…

8) Listed on the same page were her husband, Bruce Ohr and Glenn Simpson, who was at the time a “Senior Fellow, International Assessment and Strategy Center.”

9) There appears to be some public confusion around Open Source Works which differs from the more commonly known Open Source Enterprise.

Although Open Source Enterprise is managed by the CIA, it is formally a component of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

10) Open Source Enterprise is the successor to Open Source Center which in turn is the successor to the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS).

In 2005, the FBIS became Open Source Center (OSC) and in 2015 they again changed their name to Open Source Enterprise (OSE)

11) Open Source Works differs from Open Source Enterprises in that it is an internal division wholly controlled by the CIA - created in 2007.

12) A 2009 transcript of a congressional hearing with the Department of Defense makes reference to the establishment of the CIA’s Open Source Works division.
govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CH…

13) A 2011 response to a FOIA request from the CIA indicated that both the directive and charter of Open Source Works were classified.

Additionally, it appeared the existence of any records pertaining to OSW were also classified.

14) A subsequent letter from the CIA on Dec 16, 2011 stated that the FOIA request was closed “due to an administrative error.”

The letter notes that “to the extent your request seeks information that is subject to the FOIA, we accept your request.”

15) Subsequent documents relating to the FOIA request or response have not been published, however, and it is unclear whether there was ever a response from the CIA.

After 2011, all public mentions of the CIA’s Open Source Works cease to exist online.

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