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write-the-intel-brief
Turn findings into a defensible intelligence product — BLUF key judgements, standardised estimative probability language, per-claim sourcing with timestamps and archived copies, separated observation, inference and assessment, documented negative findings and gaps, chain of custody and hashing, and redaction of uninvolved parties. Use when writing an intelligence report, due-diligence memo, evidence pack or executive summary, or when asked to write up an investigation so it survives challenge. Applies to regulated compliance reporting, litigation and disclosure, board and investment committee reporting, and law-enforcement referral. Reference at useosint.com/skills/write-the-intel-brief.
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# Write the intel brief
The report is the only part of the investigation anyone else sees, so it is the
only part that can be wrong in public. The failure that destroys credibility
isn't a missed source — it's a sentence that reads as fact and is actually an
inference. "The account is operated from Lisbon" versus "posting times cluster
in UTC+0/+1, consistent with Iberian working hours." One survives cross-
examination.
## Step 1 — Sort every claim into observation, inference, or assessment
Three categories, never blurred, ideally visually distinct in the text.
- **Observation** — what you saw, with source and timestamp. "The registry