Kenneth L. Wainstein

Kenneth Leonard Wainstein (born 1962) is an American lawyer[1] and former Assistant Attorney General for national security.

Education

Wainstein is a graduate of the University of Virginia and earned his law degree from the University of California at Berkeley.[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.[2]

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[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "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. http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2006/September/06_nsd_655.html. Retrieved 2009-03-17. 
  2. ^ "Official Bio". http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/government/kwainstein-bio.html. Retrieved October 25, 2011. 
  3. ^ "NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE 51". http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070509-12.html. Retrieved October 25, 2011. 
Government offices
Preceded by
Frances Fragos Townsend		 United States Homeland Security Advisor
2008-2009		 Succeeded by
John O. Brennan
Homeland Security Advisor
2001-present
Ridge • Gordon • Townsend • Wainstein * Brennan
Deputy National Security Advisor
for Homeland Security
2009-Pres.