Ken Wainstein | |
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 Official portrait, 2022 | |
| Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis | |
| Assumed office June 13, 2022 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | David Glawe |
| 4th United States Homeland Security Advisor | |
| In office March 30, 2008 – January 20, 2009 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Frances Townsend |
| Succeeded by | John O. Brennan |
| United States Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division | |
| In office September 28, 2006 – March 30, 2008 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Rowan |
| United States Attorney for the District of Columbia | |
| In office May 2004 – September 28, 2006 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Roscoe Howard |
| Succeeded by | Ronald Machen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kenneth Leonard Wainstein 1962 (age 61–62) |
| Education | University of Virginia (BA) University of California, Berkeley (JD) |
Kenneth Leonard Wainstein (born 1962) is an American lawyer.[1] He served as the first assistant attorney general for national security, and later as the homeland security advisor to United States President George W. Bush. In 2022 under the Biden administration, he was appointed under secretary of homeland security for intelligence and analysis.[2][3]
- ^ "Kenneth L. Wainstein Sworn in as First Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division: Other Senior National Security Division Officials Announced". United States Department of Justice. 2006-09-26. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ^ "Statement by DNI Haines on the Confirmation of Kenneth L. Wainstein to Lead the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis". www.dni.gov. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
- ^ "Kenneth L. Wainstein, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security." Roll call vote 217, via Senate.gov