2005 Simmons (US) Puts Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) into Intelligence Reform Legislation

Representative Rob Simmons (R-CT-02) Obtains 417 House Votes In Favor of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) as Essential Part of Reform Effort WASHINGTON, June 26 /PRNewswire/ — According to Robert David Steele Vivas, CEO of OSS.Net, Inc., a global commercial intelligence corporation,  “Representative Rob Simmons is going to be a vital contributor to Congressional deliberations on …

2004 OSS CEO Response to Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Call for Data on Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)

Over the years we have gone through perhaps ten different Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) “coordinators” for Open Source Intelligence (DIA), always with the same result–a flurry of motion, push-back (or passive aggressive refusal to provide thoughtful responses)–and then they move on.  OSINT has consistently failed to attract the attention of the Director of DIA. Below …

Testimony: White Paper for DCI John Negoponte on Leveraging OSINT to Enhance CIA/IC Mission Success

ROBERT STEELE: A large company paid me to write this in 2004, ostensibly as a white paper to be delivered to then newly-appointed DNI John Negoponte. In fairness to that company, even if they were honest on this point and not just buying my playbook, the prime contract they won with the Open Source Center …

2002 OSINT 101: Basic Training in Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)

2002 SE Training Bjore OSINT 101: Sense-Making 2002 US Training Black OSINT 101: Desktop Tools for Smart People 2002 US Training Chester OSINT 101: NATO Lessons Learned 2002 US Training Henk OSINT 101 Respecting the Cultural Dimension: Intelligence and Africa 2002 US Training Hock OSINT 101: Overview of the World of Information 2002 US Training …