WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Intelligence from open sources like the Internet is now recognized as an essential part of the work of U.S. agencies -- but one leading expert in the field says much more of it should be secret.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- House Republicans Thursday walked out of a briefing by the director of national intelligence, Michael McConnell, about new rules President Bush has signed for U.S. spy agencies, complaining that details had been leaked to the media before being told to Congress.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. director of national intelligence has appointed a chief financial officer for the sprawling collection of agencies he manages.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The director of national intelligence says the total size of the current classified U.S. intelligence budget will be disclosed for the first time within a week.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- A new Pentagon policy directive for U.S. military intelligence mandates information-sharing with U.S. domestic agencies and foreign partners and recognizes the leading role of the new director of national intelligence.

ORLANDO, Fla., April 15 (UPI) -- Documents obtained by the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel say NASA paid $26.6 million to relatives of the seven astronauts killed aboard the space shuttle Columbia.

DALLAS, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Southern Methodist University in Dallas is under pressure to scrap plans for the Bush presidential library because of the president's secrecy policy.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- When Wikileaks.org goes live in the next two months, the Washington Post said the Internet site will serve as a depository for damning government documents. Based on the model taken by the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, the new Web site will allow people

WASHINGTON, April 30 (UPI) -- More than 80 U.S. government agencies collectively reported making 15.6 million decisions in 2004 to classify information, nearly double the number in 2001.