What We Do
Latest Intel publishes open source intelligence analysis on military conflicts and geopolitical developments. Every brief we publish is sourced, rated for confidence, and marked with the relevant branches and operational theaters. We don't publish rumors. We don't inflate threat levels. We don't have an editorial agenda.
Our model is simple: collect from open sources, cross-reference aggressively, rate confidence honestly, and publish clearly. We think the public deserves the same quality of situational awareness that analysts have — not the filtered, delayed version that reaches most readers twelve hours after the fact.
Our Methodology
We monitor government statements, wire services, regional media, defense press, satellite imagery, flight and vessel tracking, and the OSINT community simultaneously. When a report comes in, we ask:
- How many independent sources corroborate this?
- Does the originating source have a track record of accuracy?
- Does this fit the established pattern of behavior of the actors involved?
- Are any of these sources controlled by a party with interest in the claim being believed?
The answers determine the confidence score — 1 through 10, displayed on every brief. A 9 or 10 means multiple independent reliable sources confirm the claim. A 5 or 6 means it's plausible but single-sourced or from a source of uncertain reliability. Below 5 is published only with explicit caveats.
We rate source reliability using a modified NATO admiralty system. State media is treated as propaganda signal, not reporting.
What We Are Not
We are not a government agency, military branch, or intelligence community contractor. We have no classified access. Everything we know, you can verify yourself — because we link every source. We are also not a news organization in the traditional sense: we don't have beat reporters on the ground, and we don't break original news. We aggregate, cross-reference, and analyze what's already out there.
Confidence Scores
Every brief displays a confidence score from 1 to 10. This is not an assessment of the significance of the event — it's an assessment of how certain we are that the reported event actually occurred as described. A low-confidence item can still be strategically significant. We publish low-confidence items only when their potential importance outweighs the uncertainty — and we always say so clearly.
Our Coverage Focus
We cover military conflicts, strategic competition, and the geopolitical events that shape them. Our current primary coverage area is the Middle East — specifically the Iran-US-Israel conflict — but we maintain standing coverage of the Russia-Ukraine theater, Indo-Pacific force posture, and global maritime security. We publish topic hubs for sustained conflicts that provide integrated analysis, timelines, and player profiles alongside the daily brief feed.
Contact
For tips, corrections, or source recommendations: tips@latestintel.com. We review all tips and correct verified errors publicly in our correction log. If you have classified information, we are not the appropriate outlet — contact the relevant inspector general or a cleared journalist.
Corrections Policy
We get things wrong. When we do, we correct publicly, prominently, and immediately. Corrections are posted at the top of the affected brief and logged in our correction archive. We do not delete incorrect briefs — we annotate them. Transparency about our mistakes is as important as the original reporting.