John Lee Ratcliffe [1] (born October 20, 1965) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the ninth director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) since 2025. He previously served as the sixth director of national intelligence from 2020 to 2021 and served in the United States House of Representatives from 2015 to 2020.. After …

Jan 23, 2025 · John Ratcliffe was director of national intelligence during Trump's first term and is the first person to have held that position and the top post at the CIA, the nation's premier spy agency. ... though President Joe Biden elevated the position to Cabinet level under Ratcliffe’s predecessor, William Burns, ...

Jan 23, 2025 · The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead America's premier spy agency and his second nominee to win Senate approval.

Jan 23, 2025 · The Senate confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, President Donald Trump's nominee, by a vote of 74-25. ... though President Joe Biden elevated the position to Cabinet level under Ratcliffe’s ...

Ratcliffe, who served as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence during part of Trump's first term in office, was confirmed with 74 senators voting in favor and 24 voting...

Jan 3, 2025 · In late September 2020, weeks before voters would choose between Trump and Joe Biden, Ratcliffe declassified and released the CIA memo, along with some notes from an intelligence briefing given...

Jan 23, 2025 · John Ratcliffe Confirmed as C.I.A. Director. He has offered a vision for a more aggressive spy agency, and his focus on the threat from China is widely shared by Republican and Democratic lawmakers.

Nov 12, 2024 · President-elect Donald J. Trump announced on Tuesday that his nominee to lead the C.I.A. would be John Ratcliffe, a former Texas congressman who served as the director of national intelligence...

Jan 15, 2025 · John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the CIA, has told members of the Senate that the nation's premier spy agency can do better.

Jan 21, 2025 · Hunter Biden and his wife Melissa Cohen Biden follow President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden as they walk to Marine One for departure from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, in Washington. ... John Ratcliffe — also his current pick to lead the CIA — contradicted that assessment by saying there was no ...