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What is OSINT? A practical guide to open-source intelligence
What open-source intelligence is, how the intelligence cycle applies to it, which analytic techniques reduce bias, and how to verify what you find.
- Analysis of Competing Hypotheses: a step-by-step example
How to use ACH, the structured technique that tests every piece of evidence against every explanation, with a worked example and a ready-to-copy matrix.
- Intelligence vs information: why 情报 is hard to translate
The Chinese word qingbao covers both intelligence and information. Here is how the concept developed, why it confuses translators, and what it means for research.
- How to verify a photo or video: a geolocation walkthrough
A practical workflow for checking where and when an image was taken: reverse search, metadata, landmarks, satellite imagery, shadows and documentation.