
Michael C. Casey
Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC)
Michael Casey was the Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center at ODNI from 2023 to 2025. Prior to that he served as the Staff Director at the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and as a Professional Staff Member with House Armed Services Committee. He is currently a consultant and is a Nonresident Senior Advisor with the Intelligence, National Security, and Technology Program at CSIS.
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