During World War II, the U.S. Government began systematically monitoring foreign radio broadcasts and news publications. The Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) and the Joint Publications Research Service (JPRS) are now run by the CIA. With thousands of print browsers, and listening posts worldwide, much of what they cull from open sources is quickly translated, sorted and republished. Since the sources are public, so is their selection. FBIS and JPRS reports are gold mines — the most concentratedly rich and diverse news sources I’ve ever encountered. And since your tax dollars pay for them, you can read them free at most Government Document Depositories. (There are Government Document Depositories in libraries in most major cities and universities in the U.S. All of them are open to the general public,
