Thomas Monheim

Monheim is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, the UCLA School of Law, and National War College.^[3]

Monheim has served as a prosecutor, defense counsel, military judge, and deputy general counsel of the White House Military Office.^[3][4] He was mobilized for nine months in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and again for nine months in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.^[3] Monheim retired as a colonel from the Air Force Reserve.^[3]

Monheim became acting inspector of the intelligence community on April 3, 2020, after President Donald Trump fired his predecessor, Michael Atkinson.^[5]

On April 27, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Monheim to be the inspector general of the National Intelligence office.^[6] Hearings were held before the Senate Intelligence Committee on July 20, 2021. On July 28, 2021, the committee favorably reported his nomination to the Senate floor; the Senate Homeland Security Committee subsequently did as well. Monheim was confirmed by Senate voice vote on September 30, 2021.^[7] He resigned in January 2025.^[8]