Listen "SOF 022: Navigating the Future of Open Source Intelligence with Aaron Brown"
Episode Synopsis
Our guest host Stephanie Usry Bellistri sits down with Aaron Brown, associate founder at 2430 -- a nonprofit dedicated to defending American innovation, industry, and critical technology against foreign adversaries. Aaron has over two decades of experience in law enforcement, Army Special Operations, and national security, including as a senior operations officer and field leader at the Central Intelligence Agency. Aaron is a proven problem solver and innovator, with experience leading complex, dynamic, and multimillion dollar intelligence missions across the globe, in war zones, austere environments, throughout the Near East, Eastern Europe, and Asia.Aaron is a recognized expert in the exponential risk of surveillance technology. He has advised numerous intelligence community programs about such risks and developed advanced solutions for this rapidly growing threat–hundreds have attended his sensitive talks on technology, including CIA executives and senior leaders from the Special Operations community. Aaron‘s final role at CIA was as Deputy Chief of Operations for Southeast Asia, where he gained deep regional expertise.0:00Introduction0:45Guest Host Stephanie Introduces Aaron2:39From Classified Information to Open Source10:51AI and Intelligence25:20Solving Intelligence Problems from the Outside30:17China and Personal Data38:49Conclusion43:11Outro
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