Clint Watts | |
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![]() Watts in March 2017
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Born | Clinton Watts |
Nationality | United States |
Alma mater |
United States Military Academy (B.S.) Middlebury Institute of International Studies (M.A.) |
Occupation |
National security analyst Formerly: United States Army officer, Special Agent for Federal Bureau of Investigation |
Years active | 2001-present |
Employer |
George Washington University Foreign Policy Research Institute |
Known for | Senate Intelligence Committee testimony about Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections |
Website | www |
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Clinton Watts (known as Clint Watts) is a senior fellow at the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security at George Washington University and a Foreign Policy Research Institute fellow. He previously was an infantry officer in the United States Army, and was the Executive Officer of the Combating Terrorism Center at United States Military Academy at West Point (CTC). He became a Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation where he served on the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF). He has consulted for the FBI Counterterrorism Division (CTD) and FBI National Security Branch (NSB).
Watts has given expert testimony to the U.S. Congress multiple times, including: to the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 5, 2016, about the ISIS November 2015 Paris attacks and the 2016 Brussels bombings, to the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs about ISIS after the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting, to the Senate Intelligence Committee about Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections in a widely reported March 30, 2017 public hearing, and before the U.S. Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Cybersecurity on April 27, 2017 about Russian black propaganda.