Eliot A. Jardines

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Mr. 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's 434th Military Intelligence Detachment (Strategic) which was affiliated with Yale University and commanded by then COL Rob Simmons, now a Connecticut Congressman. According to press reports, Jardines ran OSINT efforts at the 66th Military Intelligence Group in Augsburg, Germany. [St. Petersburg Times " [http://www.sptimes.com/2004/05/28/Worldandnation/Military_star_sideste.shtml Military Star Sidesteps Scandal] " 28 May 2004]

Born in New York City to a Cuban father and Costa Rican mother, Jardines is fluent in Spanish and was raised in Fairfield, Connecticut. He is a graduate of the University of New Mexico 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 and a Master of Science in Strategic Intelligence degree from the Joint Military Intelligence College.

He is notable as the foremost U.S. federal government authority with respect to Open source intelligence who established the National Open Source Enterprise [ [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b4/NationalOpenSourceEnterprise.pdf "National Open Source Enterprise Vision Statement"] May 2006] and authored ICD301. [DNI Intelligence Community Directive 301 - [http://www.fas.org/irp/dni/icd/icd-301.pdf "National Open Source Enterprise"] 11 July 2006.] According to an intelligence blogger, [http://blog.groupintel.com/2006/05/07/place-your-bets/ Jardines was a contender for the CIA Director] position when Porter Goss resigned.

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Further reading

* [http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20060420-114257-9897r_page2.htm Washington Times - Inside the Ring: Secrecy culture] 21 April 2006
* [http://www.washtimes.com/national/20060418-110124-3694r.htm Washington Times - CIA mines 'rich' content from blogs] 19 April 2006
* [http://www.gcn.com/print/25_6/40152-1.html Government Computer News - Intelligence units mine the benefits of public sources] 20 March 2006
* [http://www.afcea.org/signal/articles/templates/SIGNAL_Article_Template.asp?articleid=1102&zoneid=31 Signal Magazine - Intelligence Center Mines Open Sources] March 2006
* [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/10/eveningnews/main1198667.shtml CBS Evening News - Secret Information In Plain Sight] 10 January 2006 - article and video
* [http://www.echochamberproject.com/jardines Audio Interview with Mr. Jardines]
* [http://www.dni.gov/press_releases/20051207_release.htm ODNI Senior Leadership Announcement] 7 December 2005
* [http://www.defense-consulting-outsourcing.com/article.cfm?DocID=1081 Defense Consulting & Outsourcing - Integrating Open Source Intelligence] 22 August 2005
* [http://www.cq.com/public/20050621B_homeland.html Congressional Quarterly - Former CIA Man Simmons Shoots Again for Unclassified Intelligence Unit at DHS] 21 June 2005
* [http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2005_hr/062105jardines.pdf Testimony to Congress Regarding Open Source Intelligence and Homeland Security] 21 June 2005