DNI Tulsi Gabbard Welcomes Chris Fox as Intelligence Community Inspector General

DNI Tulsi Gabbard Welcomes Chris Fox as Intelligence Community Inspector General

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ODNI News Release No. 34-25
October 8, 2025

 

DNI Tulsi Gabbard Welcomes Chris Fox as Intelligence Community Inspector General

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard welcomes Chris Fox as Intelligence Community (IC) Inspector General (IG) following U.S. Senate confirmation. As the IC IG, Fox is responsible for conducting independent and objective oversight of the IC, promoting efficiencies, and detecting fraud, waste, and mismanagement across the Intelligence Community.

“With nearly two decades of experience in national security spanning military service, intelligence operations, legal practice, and entrepreneurship, Chris steps into this role with the integrity, fortitude, and commitment to country needed to serve as Inspector General for the Intelligence Community,” said DNI Tulsi Gabbard. “I know he’ll approach the role of IC IG with the same dedication he’s shown throughout his time in service, ensuring our Intelligence Community upholds the highest standards of accountability and trust.”

“I'm deeply honored to take on this critical role," said IC IG Chris Fox. "Under my leadership, the Office of the IC IG will focus on building trust across the Intelligence Community and, above all, with the American people. Beyond identifying fraud, waste, abuse, and misconduct, our mission is to strengthen intelligence operations through independent oversight and an unwavering commitment to seeking the truth."

IC IG Fox brings nearly two decades of national security experience spanning military service, intelligence operations, legal practice, and entrepreneurship. He began his career serving in the U.S. Air Force as a Special Warfare Airman and Joint Terminal Attack Controller, with combat deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. After returning from his overseas military service, IC IG Fox joined the Department of Homeland Security’s Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events. He later served in the Department of Justice’s National Security Division, at Matrix International as a Mission Manager leading global intelligence operations, in CIA’s Directorate of Operations as a Specialized Skills and Covert Action Officer, and at Six Technologies, managing intelligence for the State Department’s Rewards for Justice program.

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