Guest introduction & background Melisa describes how the 2010–11 Arab Spring revealed the power of social-media data while she was a Department of the Army civilian in Afghanistan. Since then she has worked across academia, federal agencies, and the private sector to professionalize open-source intelligence, currently serving as OSINT Director at G…

Former Green Beret and national-security advocate Doug Livermore joins the ShadowDragon team to unpack how publicly available information (PAI) and commercial open-source intelligence (OSINT) are transforming modern conflict—and why agile private-sector partners now shape outcomes as much as governments do. Key points & take-aways Breaking the “int…

In this episode of the Shadow Dragon podcast, Director of National Security David Cook hosts a conversation for National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. The panel features: Matt Richardson, Senior Advisor of Intelligence and Child Safety at the Anti-Human Trafficking Intelligence Initiative (ATII) and Head of Intelligence at the Canadian OSINT …

In this episode of the Shadow Dragon podcast, Director of National Security David Cook hosts a conversation for National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. The panel features: Matt Richardson, Senior Advisor of Intelligence and Child Safety at the Anti-Human Trafficking Intelligence Initiative (ATII) and Head of Intelligence at the Canadian OSINT …

In this episode of the ShadowDragon Podcast, host Nico Dekens and co-host David Cook interview Rae Baker, a senior OSINT analyst and maritime specialist. They explore how open-source intelligence (OSINT) applies to the maritime domain, highlighting how tools like AIS (Automatic Identification System) data, satellite imagery, and social media can he…