James Clapper resigned as US director of National Intelligence in November 2016. It was effective at the end of President Obama's term in January 2017.
Clapper is only the fourth director of national intelligence, a position nominally atop the 16 intelligence agencies but without significant budgetary or operational authority over them. The recently created position, established in a 2004 law, waxes and wanes in power with the personality of its occupant.
Clapper, appointed by Barack Obama in 2010 largely on the strength of his relationship with former defense secretary Robert Gates, has been perhaps its most forceful – and unquestionably its most controversial.
While the job is formally non-political, Clapper in 2014 played a leading role in firing Flynn from the directorship of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Flynn, a retired US army lieutenant general, became one of the only national security officials of any note to back Trump, and is expected to take a leading role in Trump’s administration, reportedly national security adviser.
In latest buzz, President Trump ripped former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper for lying in front of Congress in 2013 and alleged Clapper wrote a "beautiful letter" to him. Find out more at Washingtonexaminer.com.