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Eliot A. Jardines was the first Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Open Source

Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Open Source

The Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Open Source is a senior level position within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for developing strategic direction, establishing policy and managing fiscal resources for Open Source Intelligence, providing...

(ADDNI/OS) in the United States.

Early life and education

Born in New York City to a Cuban father and Costa Rican mother, Jardines is fluent in Spanish and was raised in Fairfield, Connecticut

Fairfield, Connecticut

Fairfield is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is bordered by the towns of Bridgeport, Trumbull, Easton, Redding and Westport along the Gold Coast of Connecticut. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 59,404...

. As a teenager, he achieved the rank of Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)

Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)

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. He is a graduate of the University of New Mexico

University of New Mexico

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with a dual degree in political science and Latin American studies. He received a Master of Arts degree in international studies from the University of Connecticut

University of Connecticut

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and a Master of Science in Strategic Intelligence degree from the Joint Military Intelligence College. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in Executive Leadership at George Washington University

George Washington University

The George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...

Military career

Jardines served in military intelligence assignments overseas and in the United States in both the active Army and the Army Reserve. He got his start in open source intelligence as a member of the US Army

United States Army

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's 434th Military Intelligence Detachment (Strategic), which was affiliated with Yale University

Yale University

Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...

and commanded by then Colonel Rob Simmons

Rob Simmons

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, a former Connecticut

Connecticut

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Congressman. According to press reports, Jardines ran OSINT efforts at the 66th Military Intelligence Group in Augsburg, Germany.

Business career (1996-2005)

Mr. Jardines was the founder and president of Open Source Publishing, Inc., a privately held firm providing open source intelligence support to the public and private sectors. The firm was acquired by Radiance Technologies, Inc., where he served as the director of the Radiance Open Source Intelligence Division.

Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence (2005-2008)

Assuming his position on 5 December 2005, he was responsible for developing strategic direction, establishing policy and managing fiscal resources for open source exploitation as well as document and media exploitation for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).

He is notable as the foremost U.S. federal government authority with respect to Open source intelligence

Open source intelligence

Open-source intelligence is a form of intelligence collection management that involves finding, selecting, and acquiring information from publicly available sources and analyzing it to produce actionable intelligence...

, for establishing the National Open Source Enterprise

National Open Source Enterprise

The National Open Source Enterprise is a United States Government organization that was established by Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Open Source , Eliot A...

and for authoring ICD301. According to an intelligence blogger, Jardines was a contender for the CIA Director position when Porter Goss resigned.

Current position

Jardines returned to the private sector as the Chief Knowledge Officer of CENTRA Technology, Inc. in April 2008. He currently serves on the Loudoun County Criminal Justice Board, Clarke County Sheriff's Office Advisory Council, and the Shenandoah University Business School Advisory Board.

Early life and education

Military career

Business career (1996-2005)

Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence (2005-2008)

Current position

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