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.

6 days ago · Ratcliffe, in turn, pledged to build on the efforts of William J. Burns, the C.I.A. director under President Joseph R. Biden Jr., to create a China center and increase the budget for collecting ...

6 days ago · 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.

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...

6 days ago · The Senate confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director on Thursday as Republicans work to approve officials to the top posts in his administration amid delays by Democrats.

The Senate confirmed Ratcliffe on January 23, 2025, by a vote of 74-25. [2] Click here to read more about the confirmation process. Trump said of Ratcliffe's nomination, "I look forward to John being the first person ever to serve in both of our nation’s highest intelligence positions." [3]

Jan 21, 2025 · President Donald Trump says his administration will move to revoke the security clearances of the more than four dozen former intelligence officials who signed a 2020 letter saying that the Hunter Biden laptop saga bore the hallmarks of a “Russian information operation.”

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...

Nov 12, 2024 · WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he would appoint John Ratcliffe to serve as CIA director in his new administration. Here are four things to know about the...

Newly-confirmed CIA Director John Ratcliffe told Fox News the decision to release a Biden-era analysis favoring the COVID-19 lab leak theory is a step toward transparency.