Military OSINT Tribe


 * The Netherlands The single most important international pioneer in military OSINT is Research Arno Reuser, head of the Open Source Intelligence branch of the Dutch Military Intelligence organization. His deep knowledge of sources, software, and services, including his knowledge of fair and alternative pricing, is without peer. His latest briefing is available here. His PERL scrips may become available here shortly.


 * United States of America Within  the USA, there are diverse military efforts to collect and exploit OSINT.  The U.S. Special Operations Command is widely recognized as the most effective operationally-oriented OSINT unit.  According to a press release, the U.S. Strategic Command recently awarded a contract to SOS International valued at over $65 million dollars, for the purpose of Foreign Media Monitoring in support of Information Operations.  The U.S. Central Command funds OSINT in support of MNF-I as well as red cell and future plans activities.  Each of the Service intelligence centers has a modest OSINT capability.