Thomas Monheim

{{short description|American intelligence official}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Thomas Monheim |image = Thomas_A._Monheim_official_photo.png |office = Inspector General of the Intelligence Community |president = Donald Trump <br> Joe Biden |term_start = April 3, 2020 |term_end = January 3, 2025<br />{{small|Acting: April 3, 2020 - October 4, 2021}} |predecessor = Michael Atkinson |successor = Christopher Fox |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |education = University of Pennsylvania (BA)<br>University of California, Los Angeles (JD) }} '''Thomas Andrew Monheim''' is an American intelligence officer and lawyer who served as the inspector general of the United States Intelligence Community. He was confirmed by the Senate on September 30, 2021, to be the permanent inspector general. He previously served as general counsel of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Senators demand more information from Trump on ousting of intel community inspector general|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senators-demand-more-information-from-trump-on-ousting-of-intel-community-inspector-general/|access-date=14 June 2020|website=www.cbsnews.com|date=9 April 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Inspector General|url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership/inspector-general|access-date=14 June 2020|website=www.dni.gov}}</ref>

== Education == Monheim is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, the UCLA School of Law, and National War College.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Thomas Monheim Named Acting IC Inspector General After Trump Sacks Atkinson – Homeland Security Today|date=6 April 2020|url=https://www.hstoday.us/people-on-the-move/thomas-monheim-named-acting-ic-inspector-general-after-trump-sacks-atkinson/|access-date=14 June 2020|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Career ==

=== Military service === Monheim has served as a prosecutor, defense counsel, military judge, and deputy general counsel of the White House Military Office.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Office of the DNI on Twitter|url=https://twitter.com/odnigov/status/1246516832070242306|access-date=14 June 2020|website=|language=en}}</ref> He was mobilized for nine months in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and again for nine months in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.<ref name=":1" /> Monheim retired as a colonel from the Air Force Reserve.<ref name=":1" />

=== U.S. intelligence community acting inspector general === Monheim became acting inspector of the intelligence community on April 3, 2020, after President Donald Trump fired his predecessor, Michael Atkinson.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-fires-michael-atkinson-intelligence-ig-who-told-congress-about-ukraine-phone-call-report|title = Trump fires Michael Atkinson, intelligence IG who told Congress about Ukraine phone call|website = Fox News|date = 3 April 2020}}</ref>

===Biden administration=== On April 27, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Monheim to be the inspector general of the National Intelligence office.<ref>{{cite web |title=President Biden Announces Key Administration Nominations in National Security |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/04/27/president-biden-announces-key-administration-nominations-in-national-security-2/ |website=The White House |date=27 April 2021 |access-date=23 March 2022}}</ref> Hearings were held before the Senate Intelligence Committee on July 20, 2021. On July 28, 2021, the committee favorably reported his nomination to the Senate floor; the Senate Homeland Security Committee subsequently did as well. Monheim was confirmed by Senate voice vote on September 30, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/564|title=PN564 — Thomas Andrew Monheim — Office of the Director of National Intelligence|website=congress.gov|date=30 September 2021}}</ref> He resigned in January 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 November 2024 |title=Intelligence IGs head for the exit before Trump's return |url=https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2024/11/intelligence-igs-head-exit-trumps-return/401183/ |website=Government Executive}}</ref>

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