Summary
Dennis Eger (LinkedIn) and Shawn Nilius (LinkedIn) join Andrew (X; LinkedIn) to discuss open-source intelligence. Combined, the two have over six decades of service to the U.S. Army.
What You’ll Learn
Intelligence
- What is Open-Source Intelligence
- How the US Army utilizes and collects OSINT
- OSINT across the Intelligence Community
- How OSINT has impacted the War in Ukraine
Reflections
- The power of information and how you use it
- Cyber ethics
And much, much more …
Quotes of the Week
“If [civilians are] taking a video and posting it, they become in the cycle … The amount of things that people do on the internet that leaves their data or their information out there – Their data becomes big part of the intelligence cycle and they probably don't even know that they're doing it.” – Dennis Eger.
Resources
SURFACE SKIM
*SpyCasts*
*Beginner Resources*
DEEPER DIVE
Books
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OSINT Techniques: Resources for Uncovering Online Information, M. Bazzell (2023)
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Deep Dive: Exploring the Real-world Value of Open Source Intelligence, R. L. Baker (Wiley, 2023)
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Open Source Intelligence Methods and Tools: A Practical Guide to Online Intelligence, N. A. Hassan & R. Hijazi (Apress, 2018)
Primary Sources
*Wildcard Resource*
- While OSINT may seem like the new kid on the intelligence block, its foundations have actually been around perhaps longer than any other -INT.
- During the Civil War, the Bureau of Military Information collected open-source information from Southern newspapers to track the Confederate army. Check out this letter from Abraham Lincoln citing intelligence gathered on the location of Southern troops.
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