Its hard to imagine anyone more suited to the topic of a career in intelligence than mr. James clapper. Its a great treat to have him here this evening. As you can see from his background, hes had over five years of experience in the Intelligence Community, in the military side, on the civilian side, inside and outside government and overseas as well and maybe its not listed in his bio but maybe someone can ask him a question to tell you about his 2014 visit to north korea to rescue a couple of americans who got caught up there. I first met mr. Clapper in the 1990s when i was a baby bureaucrat in the pentagon and he was head of Defense Intelligence agency. I was, i confess, a little bit scared of him when i first encountered him but my boss, ash carter, and the rest of the pentagon civilian leadership held him in such high regard and respect that we were all grateful to have him part of the team. Most recently, i logged many hours with mr. Clapper in the white house situation room disc
Begins with an intelligence update so it was almost like a ritual prayer. Mr. Clapper would intel be intoned the latest update on whatever heart problems were at the table that day. Its been my pleasure over my entire career to work with a talented members and in particular and the white house who worked with mr. Clapper directly. For legions of intelligence professionals noting the integrity and humanity with which he has led the Intelligence Community from and he truly personifies the leader. And so its a special honor to introduce you tonight. The other thing that shows the humility of that is i did a little bit of surveying some of his former teammates and they said a favorite saying of his is that their job was to be in the engine room show boring shoveling the cold so i am sure we will have more than coal from the conversation he offers us today, so it is my distinct honor to invite mr. James clapper to the podium. Thank you very much. [applause] thanks very much. Its great to be
Evening. My name is ambassador holgate, dissociated at institute for International Science and Technology Policy here at the Elliott School, emphasis on the visit parker on that here very often but its a super treat to be here this evening to have a chance to introduce a true hero from our National Security community. Youve all seen his biography and the title for this evenings talk of a discussion on an intelligence career and its hard to imagine anyone more suited to the topic of a career in intelligence than mr. James clapper. And its a great treat to having here this evening. As you can see from his background, hes had over five years of experience in the Intelligence Community, in the military side, on display inside come inside and outside government, and overseas as well. Maybe its not listed in his bio but maybe someone and ask him a question today but is 2014 visit to north korea, to rescue a couple of americans who got caught up there. I first met mr. Clapper in the 1990s whe
Good evening. Welcome to the Elliot School. And to this beautiful Conference Venue that we have available to us this evening. My name is ambassador laura holegate, here at the Elliot School. Emphasis on the visitor part. Im not here very often. But its a super treat to be here this evening to have a chance to introduce a true hero from our National Security community. And youve all seen his biography in the title of this evenings talk of a discussion on an intelligence career. And its hard to imagine anyone more suited to the topic of a career in intelligence than mr. James clapper. And its a great treat to have him here this evening. As you can see from his background, hes had over five years of experience in the Intelligence Community. In the military side, on the civilian side, inside and outside government, and overseas, as well. And maybe its not listed in his bio, but maybe someone can ask him a question to tell you about his 2014 visit to north korea. To rescue a couple of ameri
I am ambassador at the Elliott School. It is a super treat to be here this evening to have a chance to introduce a true hero from our National Security community. And you have seen his biography in the title for this evening, a discussion on an intelligence career. Its hard to imagine anyone more suited to the topic of a career in intelligence the mr. James clapper. And it is a great, great treat to have him here this evening. You can see from his background, he has had over five years of experience in the Intelligence Community, in the military side, civilian side, inside and outside government, and overseas as well. Maybe it is not listed in his bios, but someone could ask him a question about his 2014 visit to north korea to rescue a couple of americans who got caught up there. I first met mr. Clapper in the 1990s when i was a bureaucrat in the pentagon. Hims a little bit scared of when i first encountered him, but my boss carter and the rest of the panic on held him but my boss Ash