John Michael McConnell

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John Michael "Mike" McConnell

2nd United States Director of National Intelligence
Incumbent
Assumed office February 13, 2007
Under President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	John Negroponte

Born	July 26, 1943 Greenville, South Carolina United States
Profession	Intelligence Officer

John Michael "Mike" McConnell, is the current United States Director of National Intelligence. He is the second person to hold this position, and was formally sworn in by President George W. Bush at Bolling Air Force Base, outside Washington, D.C., on February 20, 2007.

Before his nomination as DNI, ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] McConnell had served as a Senior Vice President with the consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, focusing on the Intelligence and National Security areas.

From 1992 to 1996, McConnell served as Director of the National Security Agency (NSA). He led NSA as it adapted to the multi-polar threats brought about by the end of the Cold War. Under his leadership, NSA routinely provided global Intelligence and Information Security Services to the White House, Cabinet officials and the Congress in addition to a broad array of military and civil intelligence customers. He also served as a member of the Director of Central Intelligence senior leadership team to address major intelligence programmatic and substantive issues from 1992 until 1996.

Prior to his service at NSA and during Desert Shield/Storm and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, McConnell worked as the Intelligence Officer (J2) for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary of Defense.

In 1996, McConnell retired as a Vice Admiral in the U.S. Navy after 29 years of service - 26 as a career Intelligence Officer. He holds a M.P.A. from George Washington University, is a graduate of the National Defense University (Global Telecom), the National Defense Intelligence College (Strategic Intelligence), and holds a B.A. in Economics from Furman University. In addition to many of the nation's highest military awards for meritorious service, he holds the nation's highest award for service in the Intelligence Community. He also served as the Chairman and CEO of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance.

McConnell was born on July 26, 1943 in Greenville, South Carolina where he lived, grew up, graduated from Wade Hampton High School, and first attended college. He is married to Terry McConnell and together they have four children and six grandchildren.

[edit] Career Highlights

Naval Investigative Service, Japan, 1967-1968;
Commander of Middle East Force Operations, 1971-1974;
Executive assistant to Director of Naval Intelligence, 1986-1987;
Chief of Naval Forces Division at National Security Agency 1987-1988;
Intelligence director for Joint Chiefs of Staff 1990-1992;
Director of NSA, 1992-1996;
Senior Vice President Booz Allen Hamilton 1996-2006.
Director of National Intelligence (2007-)

[edit] References

^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16458602/
^ Mazzetti, Mark; Cooper, Helene & Gay Stolberg, Sheryl (January 4, 2007). The Struggle for Iraq; In shift, Director for Intelligence in State Dept. Post (English). The New York Times. Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
^ Associated Press (2007-01-03). U.S. intelligence chief to switch jobs. CNN.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-03.
^ http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/01/20070105-2.html#

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Preceded by William O. Studeman	Director of the National Security Agency 1992 – 1996	Succeeded by Kenneth A. Minihan
Preceded by John Negroponte	Director of National Intelligence February 13, 2007 – Present	Succeeded by Incumbent

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