Thomas Monheim

Thomas Monheim is a career intelligence officer who is the acting inspector general of the United States intelligence community in the Trump administration.[1] He previously served as general counsel of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.[2][3]

Thomas Monheim
Acting Inspector General of the Intelligence Community
Assumed office
April 3, 2020
Preceded byMichael Atkinson
Personal details
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania (BA)
University of California, Los Angeles (JD)

Education

Monheim is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, the UCLA School of Law, and National War College.[4]

Military service

Monheim has served as a prosecutor, defense counsel, military judge, and deputy general counsel of the White House Military Office.[4][5]

He was mobilized for nine months in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and again for nine months in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.[4]

Monheim retired as a colonel from the air Air Force Reserves.[4]

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.[1]

References
  1. "Trump Fires Intel IG, Taps White House Confidant for Pandemic Oversight Role". Government Executive. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  2. "Senators demand more information from Trump on ousting of intel community inspector general". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  3. "Inspector General". www.dni.gov. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  4. "Thomas Monheim Named Acting IC Inspector General After Trump Sacks Atkinson – Homeland Security Today". Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  5. "Office of the DNI on Twitter". Retrieved 2020-06-14.
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