John McLaughlin
Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies; Professorial Lecturer

Expertise by Issue:
American Defense Policy; Counterterrorism; Intelligence; Nuclear Policy and Proliferation; Strategic and Security Issues; U.S. Homeland Security; Weapons of Mass Destruction

Background and Education:
Most recently served as acting director of the Central Intelligence Agency from July to September 2004 and previously was the agency’s deputy director from October 2000; prior to that, was deputy director for Intelligence, vice chairman for Estimates and acting chairman of the National Intelligence Council; founded the Sherman Kent School for Intelligence Analysis, an institution dedicated to teaching the history, mission and essential skills of the analytic profession to new CIA employees; M.A., international relations, SAIS