Key Facts
Type
Person
Sector
government
Industry
Not specified
Status
Draft
Country
United States
Nationality
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Birth Date
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Death Date
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Sex
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Also Known As
Richard A. Clarke
Tags
intelligence
Overall Confidence
93%
Internal Notes
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Career & Education
Positions
Cybersecurity Czar
United States
- 2013
Education
No education added
About
Richard Alan Clarke is a former U.S. National Security Council official who served as the National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism from 1998 to 2003. He is also a former Cybersecurity Czar and former Chairman of the Middle East Institute (MEI), and has been mentioned by Epstein.
Key Relationships
Middle East Institute
managed
Clarke served as the Chairman of the Board of Governors for a decade, overseeing the institute's strategic direction and significantly increasing its influence and funding during his tenure.
Since 2013
George Tenet
collaborated
Tenet and Clarke both described their 'hair on fire' urgency about al-Qaeda threats during the summer of 2001, yet could not get a principals-level meeting at the White House. Clarke was far more publicly critical of the Bush administration's pre-9/11 failures.
Since 1998