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We Are Bellingcat
- An Intelligence Agency for the People
- Narrated by: Eliot Higgins
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
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Summary
Bloomsbury presents We Are Bellingcat written and read by Eliot Higgins.
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'John le Carré demystified the intelligence services; Higgins has demystified intelligence gathering itself' – Financial Times
'Uplifting . . . Riveting . . . What will fire people through these pages, gripped, is the focused, and extraordinary investigations that Bellingcat runs . . . Each runs as if the concluding chapter of a Holmesian whodunit' – Telegraph
'We Are Bellingcat is Higgins's gripping account of how he reinvented reporting for the internet age . . . A manifesto for optimism in a dark age' – Luke Harding, Observer
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How did a collective of self-taught internet sleuths end up solving some of the biggest crimes of our time?
Bellingcat, the home-grown investigative unit, is redefining the way we think about news, politics and the digital future. Here, their founder – a high-school dropout on a kitchen laptop – tells the story of how they created a whole new category of information-gathering, galvanising citizen journalists across the globe to expose war crimes and pick apart disinformation, using just their computers.
From the downing of Malaysia Flight 17 over the Ukraine to the sourcing of weapons in the Syrian Civil War and the identification of the Salisbury poisoners, We Are Bellingcat digs deep into some of Bellingcat’s most successful investigations. It explores the most cutting-edge tools for analysing data, from virtual-reality software that can build photorealistic 3D models of a crime scene, to apps that can identify exactly what time of day a photograph was taken.
In our age of uncertain truths, Bellingcat is what the world needs right now – an intelligence agency by the people, for the people.
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- Dougie
- 25-07-21
Sherlock of our age !
Amazing what an initial desire to seek truth can take you ! Great work Eliot with added extra appeal as his sleuth work started in Leicester ! 👍
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- Dr Halsley
- 27-05-21
Good for orientation, not education
Following Bellingcats story is interesting, and it’s nice to get to hear about the different cases. If you are looking for a story and just want to hear a bit about bellingcat and the potential of OSINT this will not dissapoint. However, if you are Looking for a more practical how to guide to learn more about the trade this is not for you!
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-09-21
Great book!
It is great the way some information were shared! I would never know if you did not mention,
Thank you!
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- Martin
- 25-04-22
BELLINGCAT
What a great book and the author is an inspiring self made man. This book gripped me from the start , a great read. Why isn't this guy and his organisation more famous ? He has literally changed the way news is made throughout the world.
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- Rayzor
- 19-01-22
Very interesting
A very interesting book. It is very enjoyable and thought provoking. it is recommended.
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-07-21
Very impressive stuff, although some repetition from pods
Elliot Higgins and co have done some groundbreaking things in the last few years - amazing. Found the ending fascinating about future challenges and opportunities - would have liked more of this above some of the casework they talk about. Not because of the subject, which is fascinating, but because I feel like I’ve heard much of it from existing podcasts from them. Nevertheless, very enjoyable and quite the revelation! Keep it coming
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- Mr
- 28-03-21
Exceptional and important
Compelling and thought provoking, the author reading their own words doesn't always add to the experience but here it brings authenticity.
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- Layla Boggs
- 27-05-22
Who are Bellingcat?
Bellingcat is an 'organisation' that anyone who sees the news will come across from time to time without any explanation of exactly who they are. This book explains what the group is, and how they came to be. The author (if you're not already aware) founded Bellingcat as the natural extension of his own hobby of doing private Investigations into news stories, and finding like-minded people who were interested in discovering the truth behind confused, incomplete and unclear reports (and sometimes out-and-out propaganda).
I've been following Eliot Higgins (and others from Bellingcat) on social media for some time, so I'm well aware of their work but this was still a very engaging listen. Higgins narrates the book himself, and comes across as a very ordinary, likeable, unassuming person - just as I've found him to be elsewhere - telling the story without any fictional drama and without any overbearing self-aggrandisement, but still managing to keep the account of Bellingcat's work interesting.
If you're one of the people who have heard the name and are intrigued as to what this Bellingcat thing is, this book is worth a listen.
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- R Warren
- 21-05-21
Shines a light into the shadows
I really enjoyed listening to this. These folks are inspirational in their quest to Identify Varify and Amplify the deeds of those who think they are above the law and assume they can get away with literal murder.
Bellingcat are the equivalent of Hugh Dowding and his insistence of Radar in the Battle of Britain.
These people, from all nations gives me so much hope. Thank you.
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- Emma
- 25-08-21
Buy the book!
Really interesting content, the beginning and establishment of Bellingcat is truly fascinating. I just wish they’d got a professional to read it! Have had to give up and buy the book instead…
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