SEDIQULLAH AMIN

• Developed and delivered training programs for new OSINT collectors, focusing on report writing, client style-guide compliance, and effective publicly available information (PAI) exploitation.

• Conducted intelligence collection, research, and analysis on global security issues, including Iran, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Afghanistan, U.S. border security, and Middle East developments, supporting strategic planning and crisis response efforts.

• Gathered, evaluated, and synthesized information from open-source media, social media, and specialized intelligence platforms (Babel Street, Open IO, Seerist, NexusExplorer, and Horizon) to identify emerging threats and support decision-making.

• Performed geolocation, chronolocation, source verification, and misinformation analysis to validate reporting and ensure intelligence accuracy.

• Produced intelligence reports, OSIRs, TOSIRs, incident reports, briefings, and multimedia presentations for senior leaders, DoD customers, and Intelligence Community stakeholders, communicating threats and operationally relevant information.

• Monitored and analyzed adversary, terrorist, cyber, and foreign intelligence entity threats to U.S. military installations, government personnel, programs, and interests worldwide, supporting force protection, counterterrorism, and CENTCOM mission requirements.

• Collected, exploited, and analyzed publicly available information (PAI) and social media content in Farsi, Dari, Pashto, and Urdu to support INSCOM intelligence requirements and operational objectives.
• Researched military, political, economic, and technical developments within assigned regions to produce threat assessments, identify intelligence gaps, and inform collection priorities.
• Leveraged OSINT tools including Pulse, Scrawl, Silo, Babel Street, DataMinr, and Open IO to support INSCOM and CENTCOM RFIs, collection efforts, and operational analysis.
• Conducted persona and Tier II collection operations, exploiting online media and social media to develop country baselines, answer intelligence requirements, and support information environment and influence activities.
• Produced and briefed analytical products, including social media overwatch reports, country baselines, sentiment analyses, and post-operation assessments for INSCOM leadership and operational stakeholders.

• Triaged, quality controlled, and analyzed high-value intelligence data and captured media using TED (Technical Exploitation Database) and DHDS (Deployable Harmony Document Exploitation Software) at the National Media Exploitation Center (NMEC), supporting DIA intelligence requirements.
• Produced intelligence reports and assessments on political, military, criminal, and counterterrorism issues in response to priority intelligence requirements, supporting operational and strategic decision-making.
• Served as a linguist and cultural subject matter expert (SME) for the Joint Document Exploitation Center–Afghanistan, providing translation, interpretation, and regional expertise to support intelligence and operational activities.
• Analyzed foreign media, captured documents, and open-source information, applying knowledge of regional history, culture, and current events to support targeting, trend analysis, and threat assessments.
• Conducted foreign-language research and exploitation of documents, conversations, media, and internet-based sources to produce actionable intelligence products supporting counterterrorism operations.

• Translated, transcribed, interpreted, and analyzed Pashto, Dari, and Farsi documents, audio files, media, and other foreign-language materials for DIA and NMEC, producing summaries, extracts, verbatim transcripts, and full translations while preserving contextual and linguistic nuances.
• Triaged and exploited foreign-language media and intelligence materials to identify and assess threat-related information, providing timely analytical support to intelligence and operational requirements.
• Briefed senior DIA leadership, including the DIA Director, on intelligence findings and threat assessments during deployment to Bagram, Afghanistan.
• Trained and mentored newly assigned linguists on analytical methodologies, intelligence workflows, specialized software, and the Technical Exploitation Database (TED).