James Clapper | |
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| 4th Director of National Intelligence | |
| In office August 9, 2010 – January 20, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy | Stephanie O'Sullivan |
| Preceded by | Dennis C. Blair |
| Succeeded by | Dan Coats |
| Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence | |
| In office April 15, 2007 – June 5, 2010 | |
| President | George W. Bush Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Stephen Cambone |
| Succeeded by | Michael Vickers |
| Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency | |
| In office September 2001 – June 2006 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | James C. King |
| Succeeded by | Robert B. Murrett |
| Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency | |
| In office November 1991 – August 1995 | |
| President | George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Dennis M. Nagy |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth Minihan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Robert Clapper Jr. March 14, 1941 Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S. |
| Spouse | Susan Terry |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | United States Air Force |
| Years of service | 1963–1995 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Battles/wars | Vietnam War |
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James Robert Clapper Jr. (born March 14, 1941) is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force and former Director of National Intelligence. Clapper has held several key positions within the United States Intelligence Community. He served as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) from 1992 until 1995. He was the first director of defense intelligence within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and simultaneously the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence.[1] He served as the director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) from September 2001 until June 2006.
On June 5, 2010, President Barack Obama nominated Clapper to replace Dennis C. Blair as United States Director of National Intelligence. Clapper was unanimously confirmed by the Senate for the position on August 5, 2010.
Following the June 2013 leak of documents detailing the NSA practice of collecting telephone metadata on millions of Americans' telephone calls, Clapper was accused of perjury for telling a congressional committee hearing that the NSA does not collect any type of data on millions of Americans earlier that year. One senator asked for his resignation, and a group of 26 senators complained about Clapper's responses under questioning. In November 2016, Clapper resigned as director of national intelligence, effective at the end of President Obama's term. In May 2017, he joined the Washington, D.C.–based think tank the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) as a Distinguished Senior Fellow for Intelligence and National Security.[2] In August 2017, CNN hired Clapper as a national security analyst.[3]
- ^ ""Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence to be Dual-hatted as Director of Defense Intelligence," DNI News Release, May 24, 2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2011. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
- ^ Urwitz, Neal (May 9, 2017). "James R. Clapper, Jr. Joins CNAS as Distinguished Senior Fellow for Intelligence and National Security". Center for a New American Security. Archived from the original on February 23, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
- ^ "GOP report: Clapper told CNN host about Trump dossier in 2017". The Hill. April 27, 2018.