This is an extension of the initial post from the June 2023 OODA Network Member meeting, with a discussion from the meeting of open-source Intelligence and commercially available Information …
Open-Source Intelligence Resources: Bellingcat and the Russia-Ukraine Monitor Map
Source: Russia-Ukraine Monitor Map Bellingcat (an innovative open-source investigative journalism network and business model) has been in our research arsenal for a while - ripe for a post to …
Pentagon Seeks Software to Analyze Data from Twitter
The Defense Department is seeking open-source intelligence software that can draw on information from social media to create graphics and conduct analysis in real-time, according to a solicitation …
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Bellingcat OSINT Investigation: An Analysis of Nicaragua’s “Volunteer Police” Paramilitary Arsenal
Open-Source Intelligence Forum Bellingcat has published a report on Nicaragua’s use of paramilitary organizations to quell the country’s protests in 2018, prompting renewed criticism against the uses …
New BBC investigation examines Sudan’s secret hit squads targeting politial dissidents
Did you see the groundbreaking BBC OSINT investigation this past summer on an earlier atrocity in Cameroon? The same research group has just released a new investigation on Sudan’s secret hit squads …
2019 and the Evolving Role of OSINT
Introduction SIGINT (Signals Intelligence) and OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) are entering a new position within the public sphere in 2019. Watershed events in 2018 have finalized a long, slow …
Blurry satellite photos of military bases reveal more than they hide
"Open-source researchers often use satellite images, especially across multiple providers, to uncover information that is otherwise difficult to obtain. In November 2017, the World Bank released an …
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Second Skripal Poisoning Suspect Identified as Dr. Alexander Mishkin
OSINT organization and forum Bellingcat has released its report on the identity of the second Skripals poisoning suspect. "In the preceding report from the current investigation into the two suspects …
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OSINT and ‘We got really lucky’: how novichok suspects’ identities were revealed
The breaking identification of one of the Novichok poisoning suspects not only connected the attack to the Russian government, it also showcased the depth of OSINT research techniques and …
A Venerable Source in a New Era: Sailing the Sea of OSINT in the Information Age
Our age’s increasingly voluminous open-source intelligence (OSINT) sheds light on issues of the day for all-source analysts, covert collectors, and policymakers, but have we done enough to exploit its …