15 Facts About Michael Leiter

Michael E Leiter is the former director of the United States National Counterterrorism Center, having served in the Bush administration and been retained in the Obama administration.

Michael Leiter grew up in Englewood, New Jersey, where he attended Dwight-Englewood School, from which he graduated in 1987.

Michael Leiter served as a Harvard Law School human rights fellow with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague.

At the Justice Department, Michael Leiter prosecuted a wide variety of federal crimes, including narcotics offenses, organized crime and racketeering, capital murder, and money laundering.

Michael Leiter then served as the deputy general counsel and assistant director of the President's Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Immediately prior to joining NCTC, Michael Leiter served as the deputy chief of staff for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

Michael Leiter was involved in the development of national intelligence centers, including NCTC and the National Counterproliferation Center, and their integration into the larger Intelligence Community.

Michael Leiter became director of the NCTC in 2007, and was asked to stay on by the Obama administration in 2009.

Michael Leiter's role was stated to be to develop and optimize market strategy, business practices and internal operations.

Michael Leiter became a counterterrorism, cybersecurity and national security analyst for NBC News shortly thereafter.

Since becoming a part of Palantir Michael Leiter has continued to publicly speak and participate in forums for discussion of national security and counterterrorism.

Michael Leiter joined Leidos as executive vice president for business development and strategy in November 2014.

Michael Leiter currently serves as the executive vice president and head of integration at Leidos and reports to the chief executive officer.

Michael Leiter rose to president of the Leidos defense group before leaving the company in January 2017.

The Daily News story by Meek was inaccurate and was updated in the Daily News the next day, ABC news Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper reported that Michael Leiter was indeed at his post at the NCTC during the events of December 25,2009.