National Intelligence Director To Speak
Eliot Jardines, assistant deputy director of national intelligence
with responsibility for open source exploitation, will discuss
“The Role of Open Source Intelligence in US National
Security” on Monday (Oct. 16).
The lecture will be held at 6 p.m. in the Beto Criminal Justice
Center’s Hazel B. Kerper Courtroom.
“In the intelligence business they’re interested
in national security threats, so it’s (open source information
is) any information that is available in the open realm,”
said Dan Mabrey, director of the Institute for the Study of
Violent Groups. “In other words, unclassified information
on a national security threat would be considered open source
information."
Open source intelligence, such as that which Jardines coordinates,
involves the use of intelligence analysis for anything
available to the public domain, such as court records, Web
site material, newspaper reports, and open government reports
that are released, Mabrey said.
The presentation will last 45 minutes, with 15-30 minutes
available for questions and discussion.
As the intelligence community's senior open source official,
a position he has held since December 2005, Jardines is responsible
for developing a strategic direction, establishing policy
and oversight of fiscal resources for open source exploitation.
Jardines has twice received the “Golden Candle Award”
for open source excellence and has testified before Congress
on intelligence and homeland security issues.
He served 10 years in the Army, including tours at the Army
Intelligence Center and School, Central Command, the National
Ground Intelligence Center and the Defense Intelligence Agency.
While deployed with the 66th Military Intelligence Group in
Augsburg, Germany, during the late 1990s, Jardines established
an open source exploitation effort and served as the unit's
first open source coordinator.
He is the author of “Open Source Exploitation: A Guide
for Intelligence Analysts,” published by the Defense
Intelligence Agency and has contributed to the NATO Open Source
Intelligence Reader, as well as the Army's Open Source Intelligence
Resources for the Military Intelligence Professional handbook.
He also served as an adjunct faculty member at the Joint Military
Intelligence Training Center in Washington, DC.
Jardines graduated from the University of New Mexico with
a dual degree in political science and Latin American studies.
He also received a Master of Arts degree in international
studies from the University of Connecticut and a Master of
Science in strategic intelligence from the Joint Military
Intelligence College, where he was awarded the NCOA award
for excellence in leadership and academics.
Jardines is currently pursuing a doctorate in executive leadership
at George Washington University.
As one our nation’s top intelligence officials, Jardines’
presentation should be of great interest to anyone interested
in national security, military and defense issues, the US
Intelligence Community, federal law enforcement, counterterrorism,
international relations, criminal justice, or political science,
according to Cali Luco, coordinator of SHSU’s International
Law Enforcement Academy.
For more information, contact Luco at 936.294.1755 or CLL009@shsu.edu.
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SHSU Media Contact: Jennifer
Gauntt
Oct. 10, 2006
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