The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
A good search at a good time. You should immediately dismiss all who equate OSINT with online searching and all who do not understand the difference between Open Source Information (OSIF), Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), and Validated Open Source Intelligence (OSINT-V). At least 80% of the relevant information that is not secret is not online …
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Am quite happy to help you as very few really have a mastery of this emerging pillar of 21st Century intelligence. I am posting this answer at Phi Beta Iota to help others, and will gladly respond to any further questions you might have, respecting your individual privacy. 01) In identifying and discussing the mechanisms …
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OSS.Net Library Sortable Table of Contents 1.2 Sorted by Focus Author Year 1988-2009 OSINT-M4IS2 TECHINT Chronology Academic Archive on Public Intelligence (1992-2006) Analysis Archives on Public Intelligence (1992-2006) Budget Archives on Public Intelligence (1992-2006) Commerce Archive on Public Intelligence (1992-2006) Golden Candle & Platinum Lifetime Awards (1992-2006) Geospatial Archives on Public Intelligence (1992-2006) Government Archive …
Handbook is the term that we use, and there are many handbooks. The middle column is our total directory. See: Handbooks (64) Analysis (13) C4/JOE/Software (4) HUMINT (11) Law Enforcement (12) Military (19) OSINT Generic (17) Stabilization (19) Threats/Topical (13) UN/NGO (19) See Also Prior Searches on OSINT (links, models, etcetera):
Telling the truth to those who have replaced intelligence with ideology and integrity with loyalty to something other than their Republic is most difficult and more often than not will get you fired, because those without integrity tend to be promoted in corrupt systems, and they see clearly the threat to their world-view — and …
Thomas Leo Briggs is a retired CIA operations officer with 3 years military experience in US Army military police, 3 years as a Special Agent in the Drug Enforcement Administration and 26 years in the CIA. He tried to make use of computer capabilities to aid and assist HUMINT operations in a variety of ways …
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UPDATE 2 Dec 2012: Wright update, Steele update, at end of original post. As received: On the Linkedin Group, “Intelligence and Security”, a member started a discussion on open source intelligence using a quote from your [forthcoming chapter], “The Craft of Intelligence.” Davidson (a self proclaimed “former CIA Senior Intelligence Officer”) made such a wildly ignorant …
