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Rook Intelligence is a licensed private detective agency in Washington, DC (DLCP PAI40000046), a service of Redwing Technologies LLC. Senior analysts provide private investigation, open-source intelligence (OSINT), protective intelligence, threat hunting, due diligence and appointee-grade vetting, and signature reduction for law firms in the District and New York, businesses, executives, and government clients. Engagements are a fractional retainer or a defined project.

Yes. Rook Intelligence operates under Redwing Technologies LLC as a Private Detective Agency licensed by the District of Columbia Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP), license PAI40000046.

Fractional OSINT gives your organization ongoing access to a senior open-source intelligence team on a monthly retainer. It covers continuous monitoring and alerting, executive and brand exposure reviews, and recurring intelligence briefs, without the cost of building an in-house intelligence team.

OSINT, or open-source intelligence, is intelligence built from publicly and commercially available information: corporate and court records, social media, breach data, geolocation and adtech data, and the historical record. Our analysts connect these sources through social network analysis to identify people, entities and relationships that a basic search would miss.

A background check confirms basic records. Our due diligence goes further, to the standard used for White House, National Security Council and Senate-confirmed appointee vetting. We build social network analysis around a subject's identifiers, breach data and the historical record, mapping the people, entities and accounts they connect to. That surfaces beneficial ownership, litigation, sanctions exposure, undisclosed affiliations, and reputational, financial and associational risk. We also file public records and FOIA requests to dig into reputational issues at the local, state and federal level.

Often, yes. Our threat hunting work attributes and profiles threat actors, maps their infrastructure and networks, and links accounts to the people or organizations behind them, combining technical signals with human-source-style analysis.

Yes. We run investigations for private businesses and law firms ranging from $5M to $5B+, including pre-transaction counterparty reviews, M&A and investor diligence, litigation support research, and insider and fraud investigations.

Signature reduction lowers the technical and open-source footprint of operators, executives and business travelers, especially before they go abroad. It spans the OSINT and RF spectrums, from data-broker, social-media, geolocation and adtech exposure to device and network emissions, so the person is harder to find, profile and exploit.

Most engagements start with a confidential 30-minute scoping call, and we can sign an NDA before it. We then propose either a fractional monthly retainer or a fixed-scope project with a defined timeline and deliverable.

Yes. We collect only from lawful open sources and handle all client information on a need-to-know basis. We regularly obtain technical legal opinions on our collection methods. On the military and operational side, we worked closely with Judge Advocate General (JAG) counsel on complex, classified legal opinions. Secure communication channels are available on request.

We are based in Washington, DC. The primary service area is the District, Maryland, and Virginia. We also support New York City law firms and take matters across the United States and internationally. Our founder has worked and traveled in more than 40 countries. The investigative license we advertise is DC DLCP PAI40000046.

Rook Intelligence is a private detective agency licensed by the DC Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP PAI40000046), operating as Redwing Technologies LLC. Engagements include open-source investigations, litigation-support research for counsel, public-records and FOIA research, threat hunting, due diligence, protective assessments, and signature reduction. Work is scoped with the client and, where a law firm is involved, directed by counsel.

Yes. Washington, DC and the DMV are the home service area. Rook also supports New York City law firms, including litigation, investigations, family-office counsel, white-collar, and crisis practices, and takes nationwide and international matters. The firm is licensed in the District of Columbia. It does not advertise investigative licenses it does not hold. Scope is set with the retaining firm on a confidential call.

Yes. Protective intelligence and protective assessments apply lawful OSINT, threat hunting, and signature reduction to a principal, executive, family office, or event. The product is an assessment and brief: what is visible in open sources, which indicators matter, and options to reduce exposure. This is not armed close protection and not a security-guard service.