Mary Margaret Graham was the United States Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Collection (2005–2008).DNI Open Source Speakers - Short Biography on Mary Margaret Graham
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Background

Education

Graham is a graduate of Marywood College in

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and obtained a master's degree in Russian Studies at The Maxwell School of

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Honors and awards

Graham has earned prestigious honors for her service:

National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal The National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal (NIDSM) is a decoration awarded for service to the United States Intelligence Community. The decoration is awarded to any member or contributor to the National Intelligence Community, either c ...

, the

Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal The Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal is awarded by the Central Intelligence Agency The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of ...

, and the

Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Award The Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Award is the second highest career award presented by the Department of Defense. It is presented for exceptionally noteworthy service of major significance to the Department of Defense as a who ...

, and the Donovan Award in 2001.

Family

Career

In May 2005, Mary Margaret Graham was appointed as Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Collection. In this role, Graham worked on behalf of the

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to coordinate and integrate the collection efforts of the 15 intelligence agencies and ensures that the DNI priorities are appropriately reflected in future planning and systems acquisition decisions. Mary Margaret Graham recently served as the Associate Deputy Director for Operations for Counterintelligence at the Central Intelligence Agency. In her 27 years with the

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, she has had numerous field and headquarters assignments. From 1999 to 2001, Graham served as Chief of the Directorate of Operation's

National Resources Division The National Resources Division (NR) is the domestic division of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. Its main function is to conduct voluntary debriefings of U.S. citizens who travel overseas for work or to visit relatives, and to recr ...

. She also served as the Executive Assistant William Crowell, then Deputy Director of the National Security Agency.

Speeches

Graham made headlines when she inadvertently disclosed the size of the national intelligence budget during a speech in

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on October 31, 2005, according to '' U.S. News & World Report''.Defense Dept. pays $1B to outside analysts
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Graham, Mary Margaret Living people Year of birth missing (living people) United States Deputy Directors of National Intelligence People of the Central Intelligence Agency Harvard Institute of Politics