NATO Open Source Intelligence Handbook

November 2001

EDITOR'S NOTE: Tracked down this reference to open source intelligence (OSINT), and found that the appendicies contained a number of good links for finding out all kinds of news and information of interest to the military. I will also be adding some of my own faves that NATO didn't know about when they produced this pam (available in .pdf here). An apparent update of the valuable tome can also be found here (1.6M, .pdf). CAVEAT: Some of the links don't work for me, so it's possible that the links are either no longer working, or only available to subscribers or via military systems. Still, lots of links to explore. As usual, all feedback welcome - tony@milnews.ca .

APPENDIX A: GENERAL REFERENCE LINK TABLE

Maps:

News:

[http://www.msnbc.com|MSNBC

CNBC Dow Jones Business Video

South China Morning Post

The Japan Times

Yahoo

The CNET Channel

Conflict:

United Nations High Commission For Refugees

WMD Threat (FAS)

Terrorism Research

Counter Terrorism

Intelligence Net (ED. NOTE: Not working because webmaster is moving.)

Federation of American Scientist

War Information

China's Military Developments

Kosovo Info

Institute for Global Communications

Anti War Home Page

Missle, Threats & Response

Royal Australian Navy Sites

Royal Navy Association

Regional Information:

CIA World Factbook

Geo Spatial Information

Geographic Learning Site

Association For Geographical Information

Reference:

Central Intelligence Agency

Indian Naval Review

Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs

Archive Site for State Department information

The Intelligence Community

(WMD) Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Incident Response

Conference For Middle East Peace http://www.cmep.com/

APPENDIX B: TRAINING LINK TABLE

Below are a few of the essential references that are available online. Please note that the NATO guide Intelligence Exploitation of the Internet is also available online at the SACLANT Intelligence homepage on the NATO WAN. This publication is regularly updated with the best resources available to guide in the use search strategies and tools to exploit open sources available on the Internet. The Open Source Intelligence Proceedings include over 5,000 pages from over 500 international authorities including the (then) Director General of the International Red Cross and many other European and Asian experts, and comprise the "information commons" on the state of the art for open source intelligence.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Most of the oss.net links here don't work because the site, run by an open source int gathering business, has been reorganized, with some of the material no longer there or only available to subscribers. Still, many of the NATO links work, with interesting results.

OSINT Presentation to SHAPE/PfP Flags

Information & Intelligence Bibliography

Eight Self-Paced OSINT Lesson Plans

Creating an OSINT Cell (DIA Report)

Business Intelligence Primer (1994)

Open Source Intelligence Proceedings

Index to OSINT Proceedings

OSINT and the Military

Canadian Intelligence Studies

Come Back Alive \"Ground Truth\"

Future of Intelligence

History of Intelligence