Richard A. Clarke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Richard A. Clarke

American counter-terrorism expert; former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection and Counter-terrorism for the United States

Date of Birth: 27-Oct-1950

Place of Birth: Dorchester, Massachusetts, United States

Profession: politician, official

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Richard A. Clarke

  • Richard Alan Clarke (born October 27, 1950) is an American former government official.
  • He was National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism for the United States between 1998 and 2003. Clarke worked for the State Department during the presidency of Ronald Reagan.
  • In 1992, President George H.W.
  • Bush appointed him to chair the Counter-terrorism Security Group and to a seat on the United States National Security Council.
  • President Bill Clinton retained Clarke and in 1998 promoted him to be the National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism, the chief counter-terrorism adviser on the National Security Council.
  • Under President George W.
  • Bush, Clarke initially continued in the same position but no longer had Cabinet-level access.
  • He later was appointed as the Special Advisor to the President on cybersecurity.
  • Clarke left the Bush administration in 2003. Clarke came to widespread public attention for his counter-terrorism role in March 2004: he published a memoir about his service in government, Against All Enemies, appeared on the 60 Minutes television news magazine, and testified before the 9/11 Commission.
  • In all three cases, Clarke sharply criticized the Bush administration's attitude toward counter-terrorism before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and its decision afterward to wage war and invade Iraq.
  • Clarke was criticized by some supporters of the Bush decisions. After leaving U.S.
  • government, Clarke helped the United Arab Emirates to set up a cyber surveillance unit.
  • Intended to pursue extremists, the program was also used to surveil women's rights activist, UN diplomats and FIFA officials.

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