James Clapper

James Clapper
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. (1941-03-14) March 14, 1941 (age 83) Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.
Spouse	Susan Terry
Children	2
Education	University of Maryland, College Park (BS) St. Mary's University, Texas (MA)
Military service
Branch/service	United States Air Force
Years of service	1963–1995
Rank	Lieutenant General
Battles/wars	Vietnam War
Awards	Legion of Merit (3) Bronze Star (2) Air Medal (2)
James Clapper's voice Clapper testifies on the structural evolution of al-Qaeda and changes to Section 702 of FISA and Section 215 of the Patriot Act Recorded January 29, 2014

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]