Video: Data Point Intelligence Guide
A video is not evidence of what its caption claims. It is a container of measurable facts, and those facts...
Conflict & Humanitarian
Image / Photograph: Data Point Intelligence Guide
Every photograph makes two claims: this is what it shows, and this is where and when it was taken. Both...
Satellite Imagery: Data Point Intelligence Guide
Overhead imagery does not tell you what happened. It tells you what changed between two dates, and the analyst supplies...
GPS Coordinates: Data Point Intelligence Guide
Six decimal places is a doorstep. Two is a district. Precision in a coordinate is a decision about harm, not...
News Intelligence (NEWSINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
Reporting is evidence of what was published, by whom, when and sourced how. Treated that way it is one of...
Social Media Intelligence (SOCMINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
Social platforms record behaviour, not truth: what was posted, when, by an account, to an audience. Social media intelligence keeps...
Medical Intelligence (MEDINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
Medical intelligence is not about outbreaks. It is about whether the hospital your team would actually be taken to can...
Imagery Intelligence (IMINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
An image is a measurement, not a picture. Imagery intelligence extracts what can be measured, then defends out loud the...
Risk Intelligence (RISKINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
Risk intelligence is what stops a briefing ending with it depends. It converts what you know, and what you do...
Risk Analysis: Mission Domain Intelligence Guide
The evacuation decision was made three days after the intelligence supported it. Nobody lacked information. What was missing was a...
