Justin Poole

Justin Poole was the seventh deputy director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). As deputy director of NGA, he assisted the director in leading the agency and managing the day-to-day operations of NGA and the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence. He became the deputy director on August 10, 2017, after more than 28 years of service with NGA and its predecessor organizations. He resigned on June 11, 2019, following a Department of Defense probe into allegations of personal misconduct. He currently is president of his own consulting firm, J. C. Poole Consulting LLC, in Lorton, Virginia.

Misconduct On February 27, 2019, Poole was placed on administrative leave following a DoD investigation containing substantiated allegations of personal misconduct.

A DoD IG report states that "On September 21, 2018, the DoD Office of Inspector General received a complaint referred from the National Geospatial‐Intelligence Agency OIG against Mr. Justin C. Poole, NGA Deputy Director. On November 6, 2018, we initiated an investigation into the allegation that Mr. Poole engaged in an inappropriate and unprofessional relationship with a subordinate. We concluded that Mr. Poole engaged in an inappropriate and unprofessional relationship with a subordinate from July 2018 through November 2018.".