James Clapper Archives

Dec. 08, 2022 — Lt. General James Clapper speaking at the Fortinet Federal Security Transformation Summit at the Ritz Carlton Pentagon City. (Image credit: Pixelmestudio).

James Clapper: ‘The internet today is less free, more segmented and less secure that it ever has been’

The former director of national intelligence says dealing with the versions of the internet in authoritarian regimes demands a nuanced approach.

Dec 8, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper In a speech at the LBJ Presidential Library on Thursday, Sept. 22nd, 2016, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper discussed national security as we prepare for an election year change in the White House. Following his remarks, Admiral Bob Inman, former Director of the National Security Agency and Deputy Director of the CIA, and Stephen Hadley, former National Security Advisor, joined Clapper on stage for a conversation moderated by LBJ Library Director Mark Updegrove on the pressing national security issues facing our nation. LBJ Library photo by Jay Godwin 09/22/2016 LBJ Library photo by Jay Godwin 09/18/2016

Spy agencies: We can’t judge impact of hacking on election

U.S. intelligence agencies have no way of measuring the impact of Russian hacking on the recent election result, the nation’s top spy told senators Thursday.

Jan 5, 2017

CIA Director John Brennan, whose AOL email account was “socially engineered” by “Crackas with Attitude.”

Two charged with hacking CIA chief, DNI, other top officials

Two men from North Carolina were arrested Thursday, charged with being members of the hacking group "Crackas with Attitude," who last year posted personal data stolen from…

Sep 8, 2016

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper addresses the 2016 Intelligence and National Security Summit. (Herman Farrer)

Clapper: Spy agencies doing ‘pretty well’ on acquisition reform

U.S. intelligence agencies have a good track record on acquisition reform and their integrated IT infrastructure, known as ICITE, is already delivering results and will endure under…

Sep 7, 2016

Clapper not optimistic on China cyber deal

Clapper spoke as the Senate Armed Services Committee pressed him and other top officials on why the U.S. government has been slow to respond to cyberattacks.

Sep 29, 2015

Intelligence edition

Inside Scoop gets you closer to the real story behind the headlines.

Jul 28, 2015

U.S. cyber policy struggles to keep up with events

Senior U.S. intelligence officials acknowledge the United States lacks a deterrence in cyberspace and it's time to get tougher.

Jul 23, 2015

FedWire: API webinar, Google+ Hangout and VA backlog

FedWire is FedScoop’s afternoon roundup of news and notes from the federal IT community. Send your links and videos to tips@fedscoop.com. This week is Public Service Recognition Week.…

Jan 9, 2015

Intelligence community cloud may require new procurement models

The effort to move the 17 agencies in the U.S. intelligence community away from stovepiped IT systems and toward a cloud-based shared services environment is well under way.…

Sep 12, 2014

Clapper goes on offensive, taking counter-Snowden message to college students

Just hours before the endless back-slapping and stroking of journalistic egos took place at The Washington Post in celebration of its Pulitzer Prize for its reporting on…

Apr 15, 2014