An influential former CIA executive is working to build momentum in Washington for a new U.S. intelligence agency that would focus solely on commercially available data, such as content on social media and tech platforms. 
Former CIA executive William “Chip” Usher issued a new call for the creation of an “Open Source Agency” in the pages of the CIA’s Studies in Intelligence journal in September, arguing that the U.S. intelligence community needs a 19th agency to reflect the realities of gathering data in today’s world. 

While the CIA manages intelligence gathered by human sources and the National Security Agency collects signals intelligence …