Not an application
If you already do this work
The internship is for people new to open-source intelligence. Experienced practitioners get liaison instead: two independent parties trading product, access and expertise. You keep your own work, your own cases and your own name.
The exchange
- A second reader before you publishBoth ways
- Someone tries to break a finding before it goes out. The reader checks sourcing, alternatives and weak inferences. On request, one piece at a time.
- An outlet for your findingsFrom the agency
- Publication in Earth Alliance News, RevNow or the Knights Portal. Edited, and run only if it holds up.
- Your name on itFrom the agency
- Published work carries your name and stays yours.
- The tools, and a say in themFrom the agency
- Starcom, Navcom and the Tactical Intel stack. Free, and staying free. Report failures straight to the person who builds them.
- First look at trained researchersFrom the agency
- Interns do supervised work and keep a record of what they produced. Need another pair of hands? You get the first introduction.
- Cases that belong elsewhereBoth ways
- Some cases need another specialism or jurisdiction, or carry a conflict. Each side passes those to the other.
- One question, answered properlyBoth ways
- A standing line for one question in the other side's specialism. Either side may decline.
- An hour with the cohortFrom you
- One session on your specialism, taught once. The only item here that costs you time.
The arrangement
Liaison is not a position and it is not unpaid work. Nothing is assigned, and there are no hours.
Money
There is no pay, and no paid role to move into. Archangel Agency makes no money from this work.
Introduce yourself
Link to findings, a report, a repository or a talk. Describe sensitive work instead.
Communities, collaborators or people who know your name. Optional.
Be direct. Include anything not listed above.
You are three weeks into a case. The evidence points at someone you know, or a group you belong to. What do you do next? If this has happened to you, describe what you did.
Former employers, communities, clients, subjects close to home. “None” is a valid answer.
Conduct
- Follow the evidence where it leads.
- Disclose a conflict as soon as you notice one.
- Never withdraw from a case silently: say so, and it gets reassigned.
- Do not move case material outside the agency.
Privacy notice
- Controller
- Archangel Agency LLC, jono@archangel.agency.
- Data collected
- Your answers, your use of this form, the time taken to complete it, and the referring link, if any.
- Purpose and basis
- Assessing your application, with your consent and in the legitimate interest of Archangel Agency.
- Recipients
- Hosting and email providers acting for Archangel Agency, in the United States. Data is not sold.
- Retention
- Deleted one year after submission, unless the introduction is accepted.
- Your rights
- Access, correction, deletion, objection, and withdrawal of consent at any time, by email to the controller. You may also complain to a data protection authority.
A person reads every introduction.
For the internship, apply here.