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The open-source intelligence (OSINT) discipline celebrates 85 years this month. In February 1941 the Foreign Broadcast Monitoring Service (FBMS) was formally established by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The OSINT discipline expanded beyond FBMS' broadcast intercepts to include print media exploitation when the Interdepartmental Committee for the Acquisition of Foreign Publications (IDC) of the Library of Congress was established in December 1941.
Applications for the 2026 Academic Year AFIO Scholarships are now being accepted until 1 June 2026. To be considered, you must indicate whether you are applying for an undergraduate or graduate scholarship. For more information and how to apply, visit our Scholarships page.
Former CIA Senior Ops Officer and Author, Sean Wiswesser, reviews Filip Kovacevic's book KGB Literati: Spy Fiction and State Security in the Soviet Union found on the WIN Short Form Book Reviews page.
Interview conducted Sunday, 02 November 2025 of author Robert Kim on the Five Kim Brothers. This is part 2 of a 2 part series available to the public.
Interview of Sunday, 02 November 2025 of author Robert Kim on the Five Kim Brothers. This is part 1 of a 2 part series available for public viewing.
The OSS Society hosted its William J. Donovan Award® Dinner - the preeminent annual gathering of the US intelligence and special operations communities - in Washington, DC, on October 18, 2025. A sold-out crowd of 700 people filled the ballroom at the Ritz-Carlton for the 36th presentation of the award since its inception in 1961.
On 2 May 2025, AFIO held its National IC Luncheon with speakers Michael Ellis, CIA Deputy Director, and David Cattler, Director, Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency.
To commemorate the 81st anniversary of D-Day, The OSS Seciety is honored to share their award-winning short documentary, Operation Overlord: OSS and the Battle for France.
Check out the latest video discussion with Leon Carroll Jr, co-author (with Mark Harmon), on "Ghosts of Panama: A Strongman Out of Control, A Murdered Marine, and the Special Agents Caught in the Middle of an Invasion". Carroll provides a comparison of Panama 30 years ago and his impressions from a recent visit in 2024-25.