Licensed private detective agency · Washington, DC

Services for counsel
who need the board.

Washington, DC is home. The work is built for law firms in the District and in New York, and for the principals they advise.

Private investigation

Licensed DC private detective work for counsel and principals: public records, OSINT, and litigation support.

Fractional OSINT

Senior open-source analysts on retainer: monitoring, exposure reviews, and recurring briefs.

Protective intelligence

Protective assessments for principals and events. An intelligence brief, not a guard force.

Threat hunting

Attribution, infrastructure mapping, and insider or fraud investigations. Not a 24/7 SOC.

Due diligence

Appointee-grade vetting of people, companies, and counterparties, past a standard background check.

Signature reduction

A smaller online and technical footprint for executives and travelers before they move.

Project investigations

A defined scope, timeline, and written deliverable for a single matter or a crisis.

For law firms

How Washington and New York counsel retain the practice, and what the firm will not do.

Two ways to engage

A fractional retainer is ongoing access to a senior analyst team, with standing collection requirements and priority response. A project is one matter: defined scope, fixed timeline, and a written deliverable. Every engagement is NDA-first on request, handled on a need-to-know basis, and limited to lawful open sources.

Who the work is for

The priority audience is counsel: litigation, investigations, family-office, white-collar, and crisis practices in Washington, DC and New York City, plus the businesses and principals those firms represent. Historical work includes due diligence for the White House and both political and Senate-confirmed appointees, and investigative support in two branches of the U.S. government. Current matters are scoped with the retaining client. Client names are not published.

Founder credentials, including Johns Hopkins, UNC Kenan-Flagler, and the Defense Language Institute, are on the founder section of the homepage. Anonymized categories of past work are under use cases.

What this site will not do

It will not give legal advice, confirm a client, or describe collection procedures. Whether a communication is privileged is a question for the retaining firm. The only investigative license advertised is the District of Columbia private detective agency license.

Know the board before you move.

Confidential 30-minute scoping call. An NDA is available before it. We reply within one business day.

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FAQ

Questions about the practice.

What the firm does, where it works, and how an engagement starts.

What services does Rook Intelligence offer?

Private investigation, fractional OSINT, protective intelligence and protective assessments, threat hunting, due diligence and appointee-grade vetting, online signature reduction, and project investigations. The firm is Redwing Technologies LLC, doing business as Rook Intelligence, licensed in Washington, DC as private detective agency PAI40000046.

Do you work outside Washington, DC?

Yes. The primary service area is the District, Maryland, and Virginia. Rook also supports New York City law firms and takes nationwide and international engagements. It does not advertise investigative licenses it does not hold.

How does an engagement start?

With a confidential 30-minute scoping call. An NDA is available before the call. Submit a short brief through the contact form without sensitive details. Rook replies within one business day, then proposes a fractional retainer or a fixed-scope project. Rates are not published.