Censorship of ideas has not been as oppressive as it is now since before the Second World War. The overlapping of intelligence agencies that happened during the war affects us all today, particularly through their influence on corporate media and the subsequent loss of trust and now collapsing legacy media sphere. In response, author Addy Adds details the novel and blossoming world of Public Intelligence. A term he coined and defines as information analyzed, synthesized and disseminated with the goal of uncovering an objective truth. The author details some of the technology and pioneers of public intel and the influence and trials they've experienced in speaking truth to power.