Category: Intelligence

Ammon Bundy–the Idaho anti-government actor– was convicted a week ago by a jury of his peers. He was convicted for occupying the Idaho Statehouse in August 2020. If you will recall, he led a group of maskless protestors upset over the stay-at-home orders. The Bundy family is an interesting group. Cliven Bundy, Ammon’s father and…

A recent blog post by Sheeraz Raza identified how Facebook is taking a more active step in identifying extremism. The social media platform has apparently developed an algorithm to identify people who have viewed “extremist” content. They receive a message, and their friends receive a message: Twitter and other users are not happy with this,…

While the July 3rd standoff between Moorish Nationals and Massachusetts law enforcement ended peacefully, the repercussions of the event may not be fully realized.

During my initial posting in the Midwest, I became involved in several investigations regarding outlaw motorcycle gangs or OMGs. OMGs are organizations that use their members to conduct criminal activity. The DOJ recently put out a warning saying “There are more than 300 active OMGs within the United States, ranging in size from single chapters…

In my previous life, I worked alongside several incredible intelligence professionals. We ran a few confidential informants or sources together. Most of our collection was obtaining human intelligence (HUMINT) to satisfy national security intelligence gaps. What is a “national security intelligence gap”? First, national security, from a US perspective, is information relating to protecting America,…