One of the foundational purposes of this newsletter is provide insight into an ongoing battle which is being waged covertly and which the public at large is only recently beginning to understand. OSI:DI has referred to this battle as the Shadow War, and we have generally characterized this as a conflict between various military, governmental, corporate, media, and civilian factions [See Issue #006 – OSI:DI.] Although this conflict is playing out world-wide, the most pivotal b

What is Open Source Intelligence? What is the Disclosure Initiative? The purpose of this newsletter might best be summarized as facilitating what some are calling the Great Awakening. Simply put, the Great Awakening is a series of accelerating mass-realizations by the citizenry of this country and people around the world. On a general level, this process is the inevitable result of the technological revolution. Massive increases in computing power and networking lead to massi

Happy New Year, America! Prosperity and health to you and your families, and peace and goodwill to all mankind. This writer would also like to extend a heartfelt thank-you to all of the unsung men and women working and fighting to preserve the flame of liberty in this great nation. As 2018 arrives, one can’t help but feel sorry for those sleepwalking their way into the new year. Massive power plays are occurring behind the scenes and the fate of the planet hangs in the bala

Imagine this. You are part of a small select group of powerful military leaders, intelligence officers, politicians, and businessmen who effectively change the course of your entire nation on a daily basis. Your country has just won the biggest conflict in human history. You are the world’s only super-power and you intend to remain the world’s only super-power. In order to do this, you have to make sure the other country that just won the world’s biggest conflict with you as

This weekend, a drastic shift in the geo-political situation has occurred. There can be no overstating this: the events currently unfolding in Saudi Arabia are historic in nature, and will have massive repercussions. So what happened? On November 2, President Trump’s Twitter account was taken down for eleven minutes. The official explanation from Twitter was that a disgruntled employee disabled the account when they were fired. Keep in mind that Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Tala

If you are anything like most Americans, you might turn on the TV or browse your internet newsfeeds and think “What the hell is going on in the world?” It is indeed difficult to get a clear perspective of what is actually occurring when the majority of elected officials and the media are dedicated to keeping certain things hidden from you. Consider this: during the height of the Cold War, the KGB (the Soviet Union’s prime intelligence agency) spent 85% of its foreign budget o

If you only glance at the news occasionally, you could be forgiven for thinking that the scandals that just took down Harvey Weinstein (one of Hollywood’s most powerful men) were an isolated incident. However, nothing could be further from the truth. You see, an increasing number of people have begun noticing that many powerful individuals in Washington D.C., in Hollywood, and elsewhere happen to be pedophiles or involved in human trafficking. For those of you not keeping tra