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Visual Investigations Reporter @CNN.com Previously: Member @bellingcat.com Global Authentication Project DM's open, Signal: thomas.411

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Thomas Bordeaux @thomasbordeaux.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Over the summer, dozens of people went missing at Gaza’s Zikim crossing, where Israeli forces routinely gunned down Palestinian aid seekers. We’ve now found evidence suggesting they bulldozed some of the people they killed into shallow, unmarked graves.
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Bulldozed corpses and unmarked graves, CNN investigates the fate of Gaza’s missing aid seekers | CNN
Ammar Wadi knew he was risking his life when he set out to get a bag of flour for his family from an aid truck near the Zikim crossing into Gaza in June.
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Avery Schmitz @averyschmitz.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
NEW: We tracked over 200 US military flights conducted in the Caribbean since mid-August by 83 separate aircraft, including intelligence-gathering planes and tankers used to refuel jets in midair With @natashabertrand.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/10/19/w...
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Here’s what the US military has positioned in the Caribbean as Trump pressures Venezuela | CNN
The US military has been steadily massing a large number of troops, naval and air assets in the Caribbean over the last two months, conducting training missions off the coast of Venezuela, reopening a...
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Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
When Bashar al-Assad’s regime collapsed in Syria, many of the officials who enabled and enforced his brutal regime disappeared. Our reporting uncovers who they are, what they did and where they fled. nyti.ms/3J1W5Cs
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The Vanishing Act: How Assad’s Top Henchmen Fled Syria, and Justice
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Thomas Bordeaux @thomasbordeaux.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Caught on satellite: a B-52 bomber flies above the Caribbean on October 15th, less than 150 miles from the Venezuelan coast. More on the escalating US military campaign here: www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...
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Thomas Bordeaux @thomasbordeaux.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
This is an absolutely brilliant piece and well worth the read - "'I think the visual lexicon of open-source investigation is something that the Israelis have co-opted as a way to try to delegitimize [those investigations] and confuse,' said Elizabeth Breiner..."
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Giancarlo Fiorella @giancarlofiorella.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
I wrote about how vicarious trauma can find you when you least expect it, through two experiences that I've had while working with images as an open source researcher. Neither were graphic. Both had a serious impact on me. giancarlofiorella.com/2025/10/04/w...
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When Trauma Finds You
Sometimes, trauma finds you while you’re waiting for it, when your body is tense anticipating its appearance. Your guard is up. Somehow, you soften its blows. Sometimes, though, trauma finds …
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Reade Levinson @readelev.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
On Aug 25, Israeli defense forces attacked a Gaza hospital, killing our colleague Hussam al-Masri. We spent the last few weeks reviewing footage and interviewing witnesses. The visual evidence contradicts Israel’s official story. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Visual evidence upends Israel’s official story for deadly attack on Gaza hospital
Israeli troops say they targeted a Hamas camera in an August strike, but a Reuters investigation found the device belonged to one of the news agency’s journalists. An Israeli official now says troops fired without required approval. The five journalists who died in the strike are among 200 killed by Israel that it has yet to fully explain.
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Thomas Bordeaux @thomasbordeaux.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
We analysed satellite imagery over Gaza City in the last month and found that the Israeli military has damaged or destroyed at least 1800 buildings - the opening moves of its stated intention to invade and occupy the city. w/ Zeena Saifi
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Satellite images reveal wide destruction in Gaza City as Israel steps up assault | CNN
In the weeks since Israel announced plans to take over Gaza City, its military has destroyed or damaged more than 1,800 buildings in and around the city, CNN analysis has found.
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Merlyn Thomas @merlynthomas.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
NEW: Israel struck Nasser Hospital at least 4 times in its attack which killed journalists, BBC Verify found. We found Israel hit two staircases in the first wave. Minutes later it struck one of the staircases twice more. @benedictgarman.com @sebkilli.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Israel struck Gaza's Nasser Hospital four times, analysis finds
New footage has revealed that two more strikes were carried out on hospital by Israel than initially reported.
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CNN @cnn.com · 28/08/2025
Israel has faced global condemnation for back-to-back strikes on the biggest hospital in southern Gaza this week, which killed at least 22 people, including health workers, emergency response crews and five journalists. cnn.it/462x8OS
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Thomas Bordeaux @thomasbordeaux.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
New video analysis reveals that the second “tap” the IDF fired at a group of first-responders and journalists on Monday was in fact two near-simultaneous tank rounds. "It’s hard to read too much into that, but it suggests a more carefully coordinated attack," said weapons expert N.R. Jenzen-Jones.
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New video reveals third strike in deadly ‘double-tap’ attack on Gaza hospital | CNN
Israel has faced global condemnation for back-to-back strikes on the biggest hospital in southern Gaza this week, which killed at least 22 people, including health workers, emergency response crews a...
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Thomas Bordeaux @thomasbordeaux.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Detainees inside Alligator Alcatraz told CNN about their experiences there, including relentless mosquitoes, open toilets, and lights kept on 24/7. Reporters haven't been allowed inside the prison since it opened, so we built a 3D model to take you inside — and hear from the detainees firsthand.
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‘It’s a type of torture’: Hear what it’s like inside ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ | CNN Politics
CNN talked to immigrants being detained at the Florida facility and created a 3D model to explore what conditions are like inside. CNN’s Priscilla Alvarez reports.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 08/07/2025
Armed officers, frequent use of force and people grabbed on the street or at their places of work. Working with @evidentmedia.org and @calmatters.org we have monitored the LA raids, discovering recurring trends and tactics used by officers. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/07...
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Masked, Armed and Forceful: Finding Patterns in Los Angeles Immigration Raids - bellingcat
Bellingcat collected videos and images from recent immigration raids in Los Angeles, analysing trends and apparent tactics used by law enforcement.
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Thomas Bordeaux @thomasbordeaux.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
We’re waiting on post strike satellite imagery of Fordow, but one detail that I haven’t seen anywhere besides our reporting for CNN is that images taken before the strike suggest there may have been attempts to reinforce the tunnel entrances. w/ @isaacyeephoto.bsky.social @averyschmitz.bsky.social
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Thomas Bordeaux @thomasbordeaux.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
The US military is repositioning B-2 bombers as President Trump decides on US involvement in Israel’s attacks on Iran. HUGE shout out to @vcdgf555.bsky.social and @thenewarea51 on Twitter for being the first to share about these movements! www.cnn.com/2025/06/21/p...
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US moves B-2 bombers as Trump weighs Iran options | CNN Politics
Multiple US B-2 bombers appear to have taken off from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri on Friday night and are heading west, according to flight tracking data CNN has reviewed, as President Donald ...
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Katie Polglase @katiepolglase.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Investigating Israel's strikes on Iran and their impact on civilians. We cross referenced addresses of Iranian commanders and nuclear scientists from a public database with geolocated footage of strikes. @pallabimunsi.bsky.social & Oscar Featherstone edition.cnn.com/2025/06/19/w...
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Watch: CNN investigates Israel’s strikes on key Iranian officials — and their civilian toll | CNN
Israel’s strikes not only took out top Iranian leaders, they also caused civilian deaths. CNN’s Katie Polglase breaks down the human toll at the locations where top Iranian officials were killed.
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Avery Schmitz @averyschmitz.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
NEW: How structural flaws reduced a Dominican nightclub to rubble Watch our investigation of the Jet Set club collapse which killed over 230 people in April From @stepozzebon.bsky.social, @thomasbordeaux.bsky.social, Anyi Lizardo, Maddie Araujo, and me: youtu.be/H5UpgvxSc1A?...
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CNN analysis explores cause of deadly Dominican nightclub roof collapse
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Thomas Bordeaux @thomasbordeaux.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
235 people were killed in April when the roof of the Jet Set nightclub came crashing down during a packed concert. We found that for years before the collapse, structural issues and warning signs went unaddressed. w/ @stepozzebon.bsky.social and @averyschmitz.bsky.social for CNN youtu.be/H5UpgvxSc1A
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CNN analysis explores cause of deadly Dominican nightclub roof collapse
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Thomas Bordeaux @thomasbordeaux.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
New from CNN's graphics and OSINT teams: We visualized the fighting between Iran and Israel in a set of maps and annotated satellite images here: www.cnn.com/world/middle...
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Visualizing Israeli airstrikes on Iran and retaliation in maps | CNN
CNN is tracking where the attacks are happening and which Iranian nuclear facilities have been targeted.
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Thomas Bordeaux @thomasbordeaux.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
This seems like as good a time as any to finally share that I’ve joined the OSINT team at @cnn.com as a freelance researcher!!
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Jake Godin @godin.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Not only the wrong location, but appears as if the black line the IDF annotated here showing the "underground terrorist infrastructure site revealed following the strike" may have been visible even before the strike. May 8 SkySat imagery from @planet.com shows a black line with a similar shape.
A May 8 SkySat satellite image from Planet Labs showing the Jenin Secondary School for Boys and Ras Al Naqoura Secondary Boys School in southeastern Gaza near the European Hospital. Both schools were visible in a video released by the IDF after strikes on the European Hospital grounds, though the schools were misidentified as being the hospital. A black line in the IDF video supposedly showing a revealed tunnel network appears to be visible in the May 8 imagery, meaning it's unlikely to be tunnel related as there were no strikes at that time.A still from the IDF video that misidentified the two secondary schools as being the European Hospital. A black line visible on the grounds of the Jenin School is apparently visible in the earlier May 8 SkySat imagery, despite the IDF claiming the black line shows a revealed tunnel following strikes on May 13.
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Thomas Bordeaux @thomasbordeaux.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
As first pointed out by @annonemo.bsky.social and @nrg8000.bsky.social, video shared by the IDF labeled as Hamas tunnels under the European Hospital shows neither tunnels nor the European Hospital - it shows water flowing in the Jenin Secondary School for Boys. Compare it to this 2024 Airbus image.
June 2024 imagery, from Airbus via Google Earth shows water flowing in that same pattern.A screencap from an infrared video filmed by an IDF drone shared on twitter by @IDFonline. The video in the post was captioned "European Hospital" and the dark lines in the school courtyard were highlighted and labeled as "The underground infrastructure exposed after the attack."
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Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Mohammed al Bardawil, a young witness to the attack on medics who we interviewed in Gaza, was killed at the weekend when an Israeli gunboat fired on Rafah beach. His father Saeed asked our colleague Bilal Shbair today for a photo of them together when Bilal interviewed them.
Saeed al Bardawil and his son Mohammad sit beside each other in a tent in Gaza for an interview with The New York Times about the IDF's shooting attack, which they witnessed, that killed 15 medics and first responders in Gaza in March. The pair were going fishing before dawn, a family tradition, when IDF soldiers detained and held them. As the medical convoy approached the area, the soldiers opened fire on it. Mohammad also saw the IDF fire on a UN vehicle that later happened on the scene, killing its driver Kamal Shahtout. Mohammad was reportedly killed by Israeli shelling of Rafah beach in May.
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Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Sunday's @nytimes.com carries the photos of 15 medics and rescue workers shot and killed by the IDF in Gaza in March, collected from their families and colleagues. QR links out to video reconstruct, Six Deadly Minutes. Please share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWhN...
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 09/04/2025
On March 23, a convoy of aid workers, traveling in vehicles marked with emergency flashing lights, was struck by gunfire in Gaza. Bellingcat used video footage of the incident to perform an audio analysis of the shooting. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/04...
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What Audio Analysis Reveals About Aid Workers Killed in Gaza - bellingcat
Hundreds of shots fired at aid convoy that resulted in deaths of multiple aid workers, audio analysis shows.
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Christoph Koettl @ckoettl.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Video obtained by my colleague Farnaz Fassihi shows how the IDF deliberately attacked, over several minutes, a convoy of ambulances and other emergency vehicles in #Gaza. #Israel wrongly claimed that the vehicles drove without emergency signals and headlights. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
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Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On (Gift Article)
The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of the incident, which described the vehicles as “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency ...
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Thomas Bordeaux @thomasbordeaux.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
As part of a large collaboration of a dozen newsrooms, led by @forbidden-stories.bsky.social, Bellingcat investigated two cases where journalists were targeted by the IDF shortly after they used drones to document Gaza from above.
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Forbidden Stories @forbidden-stories.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
On March 18, the war in Gaza resumed, making many casualties—including journalists reporting from the ground. As they continue to be killed in Gaza, we have pursued our investigation and followed the work of some of them.
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Anisa Shabir @anisashabir.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
New: I wrote about the recent train hijacking by the militant group BLA in Balochistan, Pakistan’s southwestern province. We geolocated the footage the group released, identifying the attack's actual location. @thomasbordeaux.bsky.social provided crucial geolocation insights: shorturl.at/OqSBO
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BLA train hijacking location misrepresented in reports - Soch Fact Check
Claim: Some media reports state the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) hijacked the Jaffar Express between the Pehro Kunri Station and Mashkaf Station, in the Kachhi District in Balochistan; other repo...
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Jake Godin @godin.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Quick geolocation by @annonemo.bsky.social of the deadly IDF strike on journalists in northern Gaza today. While it's not clear where the journalists were filming before getting into the car, the location of the strike here is more than 3km from the border and IDF outpost constructed near it.
A satellite image composite of northern Gaza using March 2 SkySat imagery and February 25 PlanetScope imagery from Planet Labs. The imagery shows the northern border of Gaza with Israel as well as two IDF outposts near the border and the location where journalists were killed in an airstrike on their car. The strike location is approximately 3.2 kilometers from the nearest IDF outpost.
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Murtaza Hussain @mazmhussain.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
NEW: Former Syrian intelligence officials we spoke with say missing American reporter Austin Tice may have been moved out of Syria by the regime prior to its collapse. The U.S. government is also investigating this possibility as it continues to search for him: www.dropsitenews.com/p/austin-tic...
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The Search for Austin Tice Goes Beyond Syria
The U.S. is investigating claims that missing journalist Austin Tice may have been moved at some point before Assad's overthrow.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 17/12/2024
Data Science, Journalism, or Human Rights, the people in Bellingcat’s Volunteer community come from diverse backgrounds. @thomasbordeaux.bsky.social, a graduate student at Georgia Tech’s School of Architecture, shares how he applies his skills to open source research. youtube.com/shorts/paJFy...
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3D Models for Open Source Research
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Gabòr Friesen @gaborfriesen.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
We tried to geolocate the 2012 video of Austin Tice. In the process, we realised that it was most likely created right next to a Syrian military base. medium.com/@gaborfriese... (a comprehensive write-up of our recent thread)
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Geolocating The Disappearance of Austin Tice
This article is an expanded version of the original Bluesky thread
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Thomas Bordeaux @thomasbordeaux.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
We’ve been looking for the location of the video of Austin Tice in captivity, and think we’ve found the valley it was filmed in - just next to a Syrian military base
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 19/11/2024
Found by Thomas Bordeaux, the backdrop behind these cricketers of epic mountain ranges, is a far cry from the Russian industrial warehouse where these matches take place. Teams in the “Gold League 2” and “Big Smash League Т10” play cricket here in the city of Yaroslavl.
Hawks and Rangers play in this 1xBet stream
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 19/11/2024
We’re back with more detail on 1xBet’s amateur sport gambling model, thanks to members of our Discord community who have found the locations of 10+ games that are broadcast to the betting site... www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/11...
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Bellingcat Volunteers Find 1xBet Stream Sites
Bellingcat's Discord community has geolocated more than 10 sites which host amateur sports tournaments that are broadcast to 1xBet around the clock.
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Thomas Bordeaux @thomasbordeaux.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I had the absolute privilege of getting to talk about the challenges and opportunities of photogrammetry for open source research at @bellingcat.com’s tenth anniversary this past week. Check out the remote sensing panel organized by @obtusatum.bsky.social here m.youtube.com/live/0DM8bPI...
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Thomas Bordeaux @thomasbordeaux.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
I'll be over here more often now! Not going to migrate all my old tweets of stuff I've worked on, but here's a portfolio of my bylines in @bellingcat.com and some other major projects! thomasbordeaux.com/journalism
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Journalism — Thomas Bordeaux
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