Director of U.S. National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr., says he has submitted his letter of resignation, but plans to stay on until the end of the Obama administration. (Reuters)Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. said Thursday that he has submitted his letter of resignation to President Obama, cementing his long-declared plan to leave his job as the nation’s spy chief when a new president is sworn in. “I submitted my letter of resignation last night, which felt pretty good,” Clapper said in testimony Thursday morning before the House Intelligence Committee. Clapper began his career as a rifleman in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and went on to serve in a series of intelligence-related assignments over the past 50 years, culminating in his appointment as director of national intelligence in 2010. The disclosure that Clapper has submitted his letter comes at a time of widespread apprehension among U.S. intelligence agencies over how they will be treated in a Trump administration.

Source: Washington Post November 17, 2016 16:40 UTC