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Colin Aamot

Investigative Journalist & OSINT Domain Expert

This is the author page for Colin Aamot, an Investigative Journalist & OSINT Domain Expert and Founder of Redwing Technologies, which publishes OctoProbe News and runs a portfolio of other SaaS products.

Biography

Colin Aamot is an Investigative Journalist & OSINT Domain Expert and Founder of Redwing Technologies, which publishes OctoProbe News, runs a portfolio of other SaaS products, and operates Rook Intelligence, a licensed Washington, DC private detective agency. A U.S. Army veteran, he began in the 173rd Airborne Brigade and was selected for the Special Operations psychological operations regiment, then served as a counterterrorism information operations planner with USASOC and SOCCENT supporting Operation Inherent Resolve and Operation Spartan Shield. He was a TechCongress Congressional Innovation Fellow in the office of Rep. Darrell Issa and later an investigator for The Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project and an investigative columnist for The Daily Signal. He holds an MA in Global Security Studies from Johns Hopkins University and an MBA from UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School.

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Background

  • U.S. Army: 173rd Airborne Brigade; selected for the Special Operations Psychological Operations Regiment (2016); counterterrorism information operations planner who served with USASOC and SOCCENT supporting Operation Inherent Resolve and Operation Spartan Shield
  • Military schooling: graduate of the Joint Targeting Staff Course (JTSC), the Joint Cyber Operational Planners Course (JCOPC), Special Warfare Brighton, Special Warfare Touchstone, and SOF Sensitive Site Exploitation, among other courses
  • TechCongress Congressional Innovation Fellow (June 2022 cohort), office of Rep. Darrell Issa
  • Investigator, The Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project; investigative columnist, The Daily Signal
  • Investigative Journalist and OSINT Domain Expert; Founder of Redwing Technologies, which publishes OctoProbe News, runs a portfolio of other SaaS products, and operates Rook Intelligence (licensed DC private detective agency)
  • MA, Global Security Studies, Johns Hopkins University · MBA, UNC Kenan-Flagler · Levantine Arabic, Defense Language Institute

Elsewhere

In the Press

  • Aspen Digital, Feb. 8, 2026: Defining Technologies of Our Time
  • The Gazette, Jan. 22, 2025: Trump scraps ‘Bidenbucks’ voter turnout order. The GOP still wants documents
  • Washington Examiner, Jan. 22, 2025: Trump scraps ‘Bidenbucks’ voter turnout order. The GOP still wants documents
  • The Post Millennial, Jan. 1, 2025: BREAKING: ISIS flag found in truck of NOLA massacre suspect: FBI
  • ProPublica, Oct. 1, 2024: Heritage Foundation Staffers Flood Federal Agencies With Thousands of Information Requests
  • National Archives, April 4, 2024: FOIA Advisory Committee Meeting (Virtual Event)
  • Committee on Education and the Workforce, March 6, 2024: Letter to Acting Secretary Julie A. Su on the Department of Labor’s plans for returning to regular, in-person work
  • Fox News, Feb. 29, 2024: Intel agency DEI training features the 'gender unicorn' and 'transgender terminology'
  • TechCongress, July 27, 2022: Meet the June 2022 Fellows: Colin Aamot

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