Thomas Monheim

Thomas Andrew Monheim is an American intelligence officer and lawyer who served as the inspector general of the United States Intelligence Community. He was confirmed by the Senate on September 30, 2021, to be the permanent inspector general. He previously served as general counsel of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.^[1][2]

Thomas Monheim
Inspector General of the Intelligence Community
In office April 3, 2020 – January 3, 2025 Acting: April 3, 2020 - October 4, 2021
President	Donald Trump Joe Biden
Preceded by	Michael Atkinson
Succeeded by	Tamara Johnson (acting)
Personal details
Education	University of Pennsylvania (BA) University of California, Los Angeles (JD)

Education

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

Career

Military service

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]

U.S. intelligence community acting inspector general

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

Biden administration

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]