James A. Wolfe
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December 20, 1960[1]
BOP Register #64054-037
James Wolfe | |
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| Born | James A. Wolfe December 20, 1960[1] |
| Occupation | Former Security Director of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence |
| Criminal status | Released in 2019 BOP Register #64054-037 |
| Spouses | Leslie Adair (m. 1984)Jane Rhodes (m. 2013) |
| Conviction | Making false statements (18 USC § 1001) |
| Criminal penalty | Two months in prison, $7,500 fine |
James A. Wolfe (born December 20, 1960) is a former Security Director of the U.S. Senate Select Intelligence Committee (SSCI), having served in that position for 29 years.[2] In 2018, he was sentenced to two months in federal prison after pleading guilty to lying to the FBI in relation to an investigation into leaks.[3]
Wolfe was the SSCI Security Director for three decades from 1987 to 2017.[4] In this role, he was in charge of the receipt and management of classified information submitted by the executive power;[a] he was considered a congressional staffer.[6] Prior to that, he served as an Intelligence Analyst for the U.S. Army from 1983 to 1987.[7]
Leaks and prison sentence
Wolfe was sentenced to two months in prison and a $7,500 fine for lying to the FBI during the latter's investigation of his intelligence leaks to Ali Watkins,[8][9] a New York Times national security journalist,[10] with whom he was involved in a romantic relationship from December 2013 to December 2017.[11][12] Following imprisonment, Wolfe had to serve four months of supervised release, doing 20 hours of monthly community service.[13]
The Washington Post, News of Australia, and The Spectator all compared Wolfe's case to that of DIA staffer Henry K. Frese, who allegedly passed on secrets to Amanda Macias during a romantic relationship.[14][15][16] The New York Times characterized Wolfe's case as procedurally different from that of Natalie Edwards, even though both cases involved leaking to reporters.[17]
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