The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Nobody, anywhere, is doing Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) “right.” There are some nodes where exceptional achievements are the norm in isolation, but by and large, what various governments and corporations are doing and calling “OSINT” is nothing more than very wasteful largely useless Open Source Information (OSIF). At the same time, no consumer is doing …
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This briefing has been funded and approved for delivery in its present form, in April 2016, to the military, police, and national intelligence services of Denmark. It was also presented in Norway, but less formally. As NATO and a number of countries “re-think” Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), this briefing and the related white paper, should …
Further to the Phi Beta Iota comments on the mistaken limitation of OSINT to passive monitoring of web sites and such…. Prevalent approaches to countering ‘radicalisation’ ineffective, conceptually flawed “A lack of research based on primary sources has been one of the major impediments to progress in the field of (counter-) terrorism studies… As numerous …
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“Do Not Send a Spy Where a Schoolboy Can Go…” 5 May 2016 Open Source Intelligence is human resources – not technical. That was the message when Robert David Steele provoked 150 intelligence personnel from defense, police and the business community at a seminar on Open Source Intelligence at the Defence Academy. By MARIANNE SMEDEGAARD …
The core page for the beginning of an excellent Nordic adventure is 2016 Robert Steele on OSINT – Why and How. Note the two new videos (13 minute interview, 59 minute lecture) added 20160422. This Answers page will be updated as new questions come in. IDEN A: 2 Questions IDEN B: 4 Questions
NOTE: This is offered in very high definition that bogs down for many. Use Settings control (the “gear” symbol) to set at 360p in order to synch words and video. The Danish are a class act. Here is my first interview, another on national television follows tomorrow. I was deeply impressed by the intelligence and …
Surfing the web with reservists….as published in Military Intelligence, July-September 2015. PDF (4 Pages): (U)_OSINT_Battle_Rhythm_(MIPB_Jul-Sep_15) Since the end of the Cold War, and especially over the last 10 to 12 years with the reduction of military and civilian staffs at combatant commands and national agencies, more and more “real-world” intelligence production at operational and strategic …
