Jim Clapper

Jim Clapper served as the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) from 2010 to 2017, overseeing the United States Intelligence Community. He has a distinguished career in intelligence, having previously held key positions in the Air Force and the Defense Intelligence Agency. Clapper has been a vocal critic of various narratives surrounding Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, asserting that the intelligence community's assessments were based on solid evidence and that claims of political bias are unfounded. Recently, he has been in the news for jointly defending the integrity of the intelligence assessments against allegations made by political figures, including Tulsi Gabbard.