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Creative Commons Copyright © Ben Benavides—no commercial exploitation without contract December 2010 Country Studies Public Places Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Link Directory Targeting Tomorrow’s Terrorist Today (T4) through OSINT by: Mr. E. Ben Benavides Open Source Intelligence is the non-cloak-and-dagger aspect of fact collecting. (Alan D. Tompkins) CounterTerrorism Weapon Smuggling Infrastructure Money Laundering Gang Warfare Human Smuggling IEDs/EFPs Creative Commons Copyright © Ben Benavides—no commercial exploitation without contract Table�of�Contents� Comments.....................................................................................................................................6� Open Source Intelligence (OSINT): What It Is and What It Isn’t ...................................................7� How To Use Open Source Intelligence.........................................................................................7 Tactical and Strategic and Intelligence .........................................................................................7 Components of Strategic Intelligence ...........................................................................................7 The Intelligence Community .........................................................................................................7 The Intelligence Cycle...................................................................................................................7 MiningThe Internet For Intelligence ..............................................................................................9� Key Army Access Sites...............................................................................................................16� Must Haves References..............................................................................................................17� Core Open Source Intelligence Documents & Guides............................................................17� MI Officer Students .................................................................................................................17� Global Incidents (interactive maps).........................................................................................17� Access by Topic..........................................................................................................................19� 911 Final Report .....................................................................................................................19� Acquisition...............................................................................................................................19� Afghanistan .............................................................................................................................19� Africa.......................................................................................................................................20� Agriculture...............................................................................................................................20 Al Qaeda/Taliban ....................................................................................................................21� Aljazeera .................................................................................................................................21� Ammunition Plants and Depots...............................................................................................21� Area/International Codes ........................................................................................................21� Armies Of The World ..............................................................................................................22� Aviation ...................................................................................................................................22� Banking & Finance..................................................................................................................23� Biometrics ...............................................................................................................................23� Blogs and World Blogs............................................................................................................23 Bomb Threat Stand-Off Distances .........................................................................................23� Bridges....................................................................................................................................27� CAMS Around the World.........................................................................................................28 � Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL)..............................................................................28� Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)...........................................................................................28� Chemical/Biological/Radiological ............................................................................................29� China.......................................................................................................................................30� Collective Intelligence .............................................................................................................31� Computer Forensics................................................................................................................32� Counterintelligence And Espionage........................................................................................32� Counterterrorism .....................................................................................................................32� Country Links/Studies .............................................................................................................32� Crime & Justice.......................................................................................................................35� Cryptome (controversial site but has good information)..........................................................35� Critical Thinking ......................................................................................................................35� Cuba .......................................................................................................................................38� Cultural Intelligence ................................................................................................................39� Cyber & Information Warfare ..................................................................................................40� 2 Creative Commons Copyright © Ben Benavides—no commercial exploitation without contract Databases (Some Searchable)...............................................................................................40� Datamining Tools ....................................................................................................................43� Defense...................................................................................................................................44� Demographics & Religion (See Also Religion)........................................................................44� Denial and Deception..............................................................................................................44� Department of Homeland Security..........................................................................................45 Department of Justice .............................................................................................................45� Department of The Treasury...................................................................................................45� Directories of the World...........................................................................................................46� Domain Name Servers............................................................................................................46� Drugs and Terrorism, Drug Cartels, And Criminal Organizations ...........................................46 Drug Smuggling Techniques...................................................................................................46 Mexican Drug Cartels Reach Into The U.S. ...........................................................................46 Drug Cartels Moving Into The U.S. .........................................................................................34 Economic/Financial.................................................................................................................48� E-Mail Lookups .......................................................................................................................52� Embassies of the World ..........................................................................................................52� Energy.....................................................................................................................................53 Fauxtography ..........................................................................................................................53� Federal Government ...............................................................................................................53� Gangs .....................................................................................................................................54 Global Incidents Interactive Maps...........................................................................................56� Global Threats/Conflict ...........................................................................................................56� Google ....................................................................................................................................57� Google Hacks And Others ......................................................................................................57� Hamas.....................................................................................................................................58� Hate Groups on The Internet ..................................................................................................58� Hezbollah ................................................................................................................................58� Homeland Security (See Also Department of Homeland Security).........................................58� Human Trafficking...................................................................................................................59� HUMINT ..................................................................................................................................59� Identity Theft ...........................................................................................................................60� Image, Audio, Video Finder.....................................................................................................60� IMINT ......................................................................................................................................62� Information Dominance/Operations ........................................................................................63� Improvised Explosive Devices ................................................................................................63� Intelligence Resources............................................................................................................64� International Intelligence Agencies .........................................................................................65� Internet Privacy and Security ..................................................................................................65� Interpol ....................................................................................................................................65� Iranian Military.........................................................................................................................65� Iraninan Websites ...................................................................................................................67� Iraq..........................................................................................................................................69� Islam/Islamic Websites............................................................................................................70� Islamic Heraldry ......................................................................................................................70 Israel .......................................................................................................................................71� Language Training ..................................................................................................................72� Language/Web Site Translators Online (In Other Words) ......................................................75� Law Enforcement Support ......................................................................................................75� Lessons Learned ....................................................................................................................75� Library Resources...................................................................................................................75 3 Creative Commons Copyright © Ben Benavides—no commercial exploitation without contract Link Analysis Tools/Software ..................................................................................................75� Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities ..............................................................................................76� Major Commands (MACOMS) ................................................................................................76� Mapping and Related Material ................................................................................................77 Marine Corps ..........................................................................................................................77� Medical Intelligence ................................................................................................................81� Military Magazines ..................................................................................................................82� Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) .........................................................................82� Missile Threat..........................................................................................................................83� Muslim Brotherhood................................................................................................................83� National/International Most Wanted WEB Sites......................................................................84� Newspapers Around The World..............................................................................................84� Nongovernment Organizations (NGOs)..................................................................................85� North Korean Military ..............................................................................................................85� Nuclear Reactors and Storage................................................................................................87� Nuclear Terrorism ...................................................................................................................89� Online Services.......................................................................................................................89� Open Source Center (formerly the Foreign Broadcast Information Service) ..........................89� OSINT Links............................................................................................................................89� OSINT Support .......................................................................................................................92� OSINT Training .......................................................................................................................92 OSINT Exploitation and The Criminal Threat..........................................................................92� Open Source Software............................................................................................................94� Organized Crime.....................................................................................................................95� Pakistan ..................................................................................................................................95� People Finder..........................................................................................................................96 Piracy ......................................................................................................................................96� Ports Worldwide......................................................................................................................97� Propaganda (anti-U.S.) ...........................................................................................................97� Public Data On Sex Offenders................................................................................................97� Rail..........................................................................................................................................97� Reference/Research Tools .....................................................................................................98� Religions (see Also Demographics & Religions).....................................................................98� Russia .....................................................................................................................................98� Satellite and Space Views (real time) .....................................................................................99� Search Engines & Meta Search Engines................................................................................99� Secret Armies .......................................................................................................................101� Secure Email.........................................................................................................................101� Shopping Malls .....................................................................................................................101 Social Engineering ................................................................................................................101� Social Networking .................................................................................................................101� Software For The Open Source Analyst includes Visualization Software.............................102� Steganography and Terrorists...............................................................................................106� Sudan....................................................................................................................................106� Suicide Bombers...................................................................................................................106 Suspicious Packages............................................................................................................106 Taiwan ..................................................................................................................................106 Taliban ..................................................................................................................................106� Technology Theft/Transfer....................................................................................................109� Terrorism...............................................................................................................................109� Terrorism News.....................................................................................................................112� 4 Creative Commons Copyright © Ben Benavides—no commercial exploitation without contract Terrorism Funding.................................................................................................................112� Terrorist Targets ...................................................................................................................112� Terrorist Websites.................................................................................................................113� Tracerouting..........................................................................................................................114 Training Resources...............................................................................................................115� Transportation.......................................................................................................................115� Tunnels .................................................................................................................................115� UAVs.....................................................................................................................................115� Venezuela .............................................................................................................................116� Visualization Tools ................................................................................................................117 Water Conflict .......................................................................................................................117� Weapons Around The Globe ................................................................................................117� Weapons of Mass Destruction ..............................................................................................118� Weather ................................................................................................................................118� World News Network Sitemap (make this your first stop).....................................................119� Miscellaneous .......................................................................................................................119 5 Creative Commons Copyright © Ben Benavides—no commercial exploitation without contract Comments 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