National intelligence chief James Clapper resigns

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said that he has submitted his resignation to President Barack Obama and will not stay on past the transition to Donald Trump.

Director Clapper offered the news during his opening statement in a rare open hearing of the House Intelligence Committee after the panel's Ranking Member, Rep Adam Schiff (D-CA), said he had heard rumors that the spy chief might stay on into the Trump Administration, That's not going to happen, Director Clapper said. "I submitted my letter of resignation last night, which felt pretty good," he said. "I got 64 days left, and I think I'd have a hard time with my wife anything past that." Director Clapper, a retired Air Force lieutenant general who took on the intelligence director role in 2010, had long said he would be done after 2016. He will finish out his term at noon on Jan. 20, his office said afterward.