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Civic Coding and You – Apply for the Code for America Fellowship
Dave and I have sat in a room – this was recently – watching a college-educated woman at a desk with two computers, and two keyboards. She was typing information from one into the other because the two systems didn’t talk to one another. The data she was moving had to do with dangerous fugitives. […]
HighRoller and CarderProfit: A Tale Of Two S#1tties
June 27, 2012 by Nick Selby
Two significant cybercrime stories are making the rounds: the roll-up of an international sting against carders (see below) and details of a well-coordinated cyber operation targeting corporate bank accounts. There’s plenty of analysis out there on each of these stories so we’re going to give you some overview, some links to resources to get smart […]
BigEye: Meta’s Superb Daily OSINT Roundup
June 1, 2012 by Nick Selby
There are lots of great compendia of OSINT out there for law enforcement, some of which we’ve mentioned in these pages before. One outstanding publication which has been around since 2006 is BigEye News Compilation, a free service from Meta Enterprises, LLC. Some of my favorite daily OSINT reads include the Daily Open Source Critical Infrastructure Report […]
OSINT, Search Tools & Search Tip Roundup
July 19, 2011 by Nick Selby
Over the past two weeks – in fact since March – we’ve been talking a lot about search, specifically how law enforcement and analysts can use open sources to enhance their understanding of a given issue or target. This article is a roundup, and some new stuff to help cops and analysts search for things. […]
More Search-fu for Intelligence and Law Enforcement from Eric Olson
July 18, 2011 by Nick Selby
I read a piece on Police Led Intelligence this morning talking about more effective use of online search engines for police officers (great post!). Nick’s right – many in the Law Enforcement and Intelligence communities can do even more than they are by learning more about how search engines work, but there’s a second part to […]
To Predict and Serve: Predictive Intelligence Analysis, Part II
July 6, 2011 by Nick Selby
In Part I of this two part article, Sgt Christopher Fulcher discussed the need for predictive intelligence analysis. In Part II, he gives some specific examples, tips and guidelines. If you would like to contribute non-commercial content in your area of expertise to Police Led Intelligence, please let us know. In 2006, the Memphis Police […]
The LEIM Conference; LulzSec, InfraGard, LEO.gov and San Diego
June 14, 2011 by Nick Selby
So I’m in San Diego, CA for the 35th Annual IACP Law Enforcement Information Management Training Conference & Exposition here at the unfathomably unhip Hilton San Diego Bayfront (diet Coke: $5) and there are some very interesting technologies I’m taking a closer look at today. By the way, Alex Bond (@bond_alexander on Twitter) sent me […]
Intel On The Cheap: FOCA, EXIF and the Dreaded Metadata
May 2, 2011 by Nick Selby
One wonderful way to get intelligence about the genesis or even the source of a document you’ve got your hands on is to have a look at the file’s metadata. In one of our first PLI Podcasts, Eric Olson from Cyveillance discussed the value of metadata – data about data or information about information – […]
Intel Intelligencer Part II: Asset Forfeiture as Intel Funding Source
April 26, 2011 by Nick Selby
In Part I of this two-part Intel Intelligencer, I talked about how our two–part article and podcast with Patrick Ryder of the Nassau County Police Department’s Asset Forfeiture and Intelligence Unit sparked an interesting online debate. Sadly, the debate took place on another online forum, depriving Police-Led Intelligence of the traffic that it would have […]
Intel Intelligencer: Debating Asset Forfeiture as a Funding Source for Intel
April 25, 2011 by Nick Selby
This week’s Intel Intelligencer points at some documents, works, articles and government guidelines around the topic of asset forfeiture. It is a very long (nearly 3000 word) article, so I’ve broken it into two pieces; this, Part I, is 1500 words long and sets forth the arguments that it may well be a dangerous thing […]
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July 29, 2013 by Nick Selby
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