James A. Wolfe (born December 20, 1960) is a former Security Director of the U.S. Senate Select Intelligence Committee (SSCI), having served in that position for 29 years.
[2] In 2018, he was sentenced to two months in federal prison after pleading guilty to lying to the FBI in relation to an investigation into leaks.
[4] In this role, he was in charge of the receipt and management of classified information submitted by the executive power;[a] he was considered a congressional staffer.
[7] Wolfe was sentenced to two month's prison and a $7,500 fine for lying to the FBI during the latter's investigation of his intelligence leaks to Ali Watkins,[8][9] a New York Times national security journalist,[10] with whom he was involved in a romantic relationship from December 2013 to December 2017.
[13] The Washington Post, News of Australia, and The Spectator all compared Wolfe's case to that of DIA staffer Henry K. Frese, who allegedly passed on secrets to Amanda Macias during a romantic relationship.