Irvin Charles McCullough

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|name = I. Charles McCullough, III

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|office = Inspector General of the Intelligence Community

|president = Barack Obama
Donald Trump

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|term_start = October 2010

|term_end = March 2017

|predecessor = Position established

|successor = Michael Atkinson

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|education = University of Kentucky (BA)
Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law (JD)

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I. Charles McCullough, III is an American law enforcement and intelligence official. He is an attorney who served as the first Inspector General of the United States Intelligence Community.

Education

McCullough earned a BA in Political Science from the University of Kentucky and a JD from Pennsylvania State University's Dickinson School of Law.{{cite web |url=https://compassrosepllc.com/mccullough/ |title=I. Charles McCullough, III Esq. |date=2022 |access-date=23 August 2023 |publisher=Compass Rose Legal Group, PLLC |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608145340/https://compassrosepllc.com/mccullough/ |archive-date=8 June 2023 }}

Career

McCullough began his career as a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He was with the FBI for 10 years, serving as a Special Agent, Supervisory Special Agent, Associate Division Counsel, SWAT Team Member, and Special Assistant United States Attorney. After the FBI, he served as Senior Counsel for Law Enforcement and Intelligence at the US Treasury Department and as the Assistant Inspector General for Investigations and Special Inquiries at the National Security Agency (where he was a member of the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service). In 2010, he left the NSA to serve as the Deputy Inspector General at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. In August 2011, McCullough was nominated by President Barack Obama as the first Inspector General of the United States Intelligence Community.{{cite web |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/08/02/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts |title=President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts |date=2 August 2011 |access-date=23 August 2023 |publisher=The White House Office of the Press Secretary |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915053940/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/08/02/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts |archive-date=15 September 2021 }} He was confirmed by the US Senate in November 2011.{{Cite web |title=Hearings {{!}} Intelligence Committee |url=https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/hearings/open-hearing-nomination-irvin-charles-mccullough-be-inspector-general-intelligence |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=www.intelligence.senate.gov |language=en}} {{Cite web |title=- NOMINATION OF IRVIN CHARLES McCULLOUGH III TO BE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-112shrg72745/html/CHRG-112shrg72745.htm |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=www.govinfo.gov}} As IC IG, McCullough served as Chair of the Intelligence Community Inspectors General Forum, a committee composed of all US Intelligence Community Inspectors General.{{Cite web |title=IC IG Forum |url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/organizations/icig/icig-partnerships/icig-forum |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=www.dni.gov}} McCullough led a multi-IG review of the law enforcement and intelligence agency involvement in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, and was a lead IG witness in a 2014 US Senate hearing entitled "Lessons Learned from the Boston Marathon Bombing, Improving Intelligence and Information Sharing."{{Cite web |title=Lessons Learned from the Boston Marathon Bombing: Improving Intelligence and Information Sharing |url=https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/lessons-learned-from-the-boston-marathon-bombing-improving-intelligence-and-information-sharing/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs |language=en-US}} {{Cite web |title=GovInfo |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CHRG-113shrg89528/CHRG-113shrg89528 |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=www.govinfo.gov |language=en}} {{Cite web |last=User |first=Legacy |title=Senate Hearing Outlines Lessons Learned From Boston Marathon Bombings |url=https://www.boston.com/news/national-news/2014/04/30/senate-hearing-outlines-lessons-learned-from-boston-marathon-bombings/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=www.boston.com |language=en-US}} McCullough oversaw an IC IG inquiry into the National Reconnaissance Office's crimes reporting to law enforcement.{{Cite web |title=Intelligence Community Inspector General Finds Agency Failed to Report Crimes to Law Enforcement {{!}} U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa |url=https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/intelligence-community-inspector-general-finds-agency-failed-report-crimes-law |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=www.grassley.senate.gov |language=en}} McCullough's office, along with the State Department OIG, played a significant role in the investigation into whether classified material was contained within emails on Hillary Clinton's private server. McCullough retired from Federal service in 2017, entering private practice as an attorney.{{Cite web |title=Former U.S. Inspector General of the Intelligence Community Joins Local Law Firm as Partner |url=https://capitalregionchamber.com/news/former-u-s-inspector-general-intelligence-community-joins-local-law-firm-partner/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Capital Region Chamber |language=en-US}} {{Cite web |title=News |url=https://compassrosepllc.com/news/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Compass Rose Legal Group, PLLC |language=en-US}} In 2023, McCullough represented David Grusch (UAP whistleblower claims) regarding his UAP-related disclosures to the Congressional intelligence committees.{{Cite web |last=Kean |first=Leslie |last2=Blumenthal |first2=Ralph |last3=Blumenthal |first3=Leslie Kean and Ralph |date=2023-06-05 |title=Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin |url=https://thedebrief.org/intelligence-officials-say-u-s-has-retrieved-non-human-craft/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=The Debrief |language=en-US}} McCullough is a multi-year alumnus of the Ocean City Beach Patrol in Ocean City, Maryland. His father, Irvin Charles McCullough, Jr., was the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, and, in the 1950s, a multi-year member of the OCBP.

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