mostly research stuff
you already know i’m a big-time fan of open source intelligence…so yeah, anyways, i read about this little controversy surrounding the launch of the new terrorism knowledge base - a one-of-a-kind attempt to build a global, public repository of information surrounding terrorist activities, organizations and associated data (main issue seems to be comprehensiveness and reliability via mostly rand-only incident data)…and on a related aside, do not miss the opportunity to peruse their glossary, so that you might engage in terrorist coffee talk armed with le mot juste…
“Created by the National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism in Oklahoma City…the database represents the largest repository of international terrorism information ever made publicly available on the Internet…More than 18,000 terrorist incidents, and nearly 1,000 terrorist groups and their leaders, are described in detail in the database, which stretches back to 1968. Information sources include the FBI, the CIA and the Rand Corp., a non-profit research think tank…” (for example: numbers BY TACTIC - Bombing 9,710; Armed attack 4,031; Assassination 2,062; Kidnapping 1,461; Other 1,267)
the chief designer of this effort is a guy named chip ellis…and all i can say is, “thanks chip, this is a hella cool resource….and it is so much better than what elGoog offers...”
this blog is mostly safe for work, though i sometimes throw around a 'fuck' or two. you'll find a bunch of my articles from CI Magazine, SCIP online, other research pieces and some other crap. enjoy. there's lost of content here related to getting information about, around, from and through people and organizations...
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