Julian Dorey Podcast #343 - JSOC Data Hacker Exposes Delta Covert Op & Investigates 2017 Vegas Shooting | Mike Yeagley
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Oct 7, 2025 Mike Yeagley, a data strategist and defense contractor, reveals how ad-tech location data can be repurposed for national security insights. He discusses exposure of covert military operations, including a Delta Force mission, and explores how mobile data can inadvertently disclose patterns of life, risking operational security. The conversation touches on the implications of commercial data for intelligence, the shift in privacy measures with Apple's tracking policies, and how the use of location data can enhance military strategy while maintaining normal user behaviors.
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Ad Tech Is A Geospatial Intelligence Engine
- Mobile apps and ad-tech produce highly precise geospatial audiences from messy location data.
- Mike Yeagley showed advertisers' techniques translate directly into powerful geospatial intelligence for governments.
Geofence From Fort Bragg To Syria Exposed Delta Ops
- Yeagley geofenced Fort Bragg and traced devices to a cement plant in Syria and residences in Southern Pines, NC.
- That accidental discovery exposed Delta/JSOC movement and convinced JSOC to fund proof-of-concept data buys.
$600K Data Buy Proved Operational Risk
- Yeagley bought a dataset for JSOC for roughly $600K that demonstrated hyper‑local tracking of special mission unit movements.
- The buy proved commercial data could reveal operational patterns of elite forces.