Kenneth L. Wainstein

Kenneth Leonard Wainstein (born 1962) is an American lawyer.[1] He served as the first Assistant Attorney General for National Security, and later as the Homeland Security Advisor to United States President George W. Bush. In 2022 under the Biden administration, he was appointed Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis.[2][3]

Ken Wainstein
Official portrait, 2022
Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis
Assumed office
June 13, 2022
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byDavid Glawe
4th United States Homeland Security Advisor
In office
March 30, 2008 – January 20, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byFrances Townsend
Succeeded byJohn O. Brennan
United States Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division
In office
September 28, 2006 – March 30, 2008
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPatrick Rowan
United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
In office
May 2004 – September 28, 2006
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byRoscoe Howard
Succeeded byRonald Machen
Personal details
Born
Kenneth Leonard Wainstein

1962 (age 60–61)
EducationUniversity of Virginia (BA)
University of California, Berkeley (JD)

Education

Wainstein is a graduate of the University of Virginia and earned his J.D. degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.[1]

Career

Wainstein worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as General Counsel and as Chief of Staff to the FBI Director.[1] He was United States Attorney for the District of Columbia.[1]

On September 26, 2006, he was sworn in as the Department of Justice's Assistant Attorney General responsible for National Security.[4]

Wainstein was appointed Homeland Security Advisor by President George W. Bush on March 30, 2008. He was also Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism and chaired the Homeland Security Council. He was appointed as the "National Continuity Coordinator" under the auspices of National Security Presidential Directive 51.[5]

Wainstein also serves as a member of the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense, a group that encourages and advocates changes to government policy to strengthen national biodefense.[6]

In 2020, Wainstein, along with over 130 other former Republican national security officials, signed a statement that asserted that President Trump was unfit to serve another term, and "To that end, we are firmly convinced that it is in the best interest of our nation that Vice President Joe Biden be elected as the next President of the United States, and we will vote for him."[7]

In October 2020, Wainstein signed a letter, along with 19 other Republican-appointed former U.S. Attorneys, calling President Donald Trump "a threat to the rule of law in our country" and endorsing Joe Biden.[8]

On November 5, 2021, President Joseph Biden nominated Wainstein for the position of Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis. The United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence held its open hearing on his nomination on January 12, 2022.[9] The United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held its hearing on his nomination on February 3, 2022.[10] The full Senate voted to confirm Wainstein with 63 votes "Yea" on June 7, 2022.[3] He was sworn in on June 13, 2022.[11]

See also

References
  1. "Kenneth L. Wainstein Sworn in as First Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division: Other Senior National Security Division Officials Announced". United States Department of Justice. 2006-09-26. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
  2. "Statement by DNI Haines on the Confirmation of Kenneth L. Wainstein to Lead the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis". www.dni.gov. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  3. "Kenneth L. Wainstein, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security." Roll call vote 217, via Senate.gov
  4. "Official Bio". Retrieved October 25, 2011.
  5. "National Security Presidential Directive". Retrieved October 25, 2011.
  6. "Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense". www.biodefensestudy.org. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  7. "Former Republican National Security Officials for Biden". Defending Democracy Together. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  8. Hamburger, Tom; Barrett, Devlin (October 27, 2020). "Former U.S. attorneys — all Republicans — back Biden, saying Trump threatens 'the rule of law'". Washington Post. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  9. "Hearings | Intelligence Committee". www.intelligence.senate.gov. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  10. "Nominations of William J. Valdez to be Under Secretary for Management, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Dimitri Kusnezov to be Under Secretary for Science & Technology, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; and the Honorable Kenneth L. Wainstein to be Under Secretary for Intelligence & Analysis, U.S. Department of Homeland Security". U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 2022-02-03. Archived from the original on 2022-02-01. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  11. United States Department of Homeland Security [@DHSgov] (June 13, 2022). "Today @SecMayorkas swore in Kenneth L. Wainstein, our new Undersecretary for Intelligence and Analysis" (Tweet). Retrieved 2022-06-17 – via Twitter.

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