Lieutenant General Michael David Maples, USA (born 17 May 1949) served as the 16th Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), appointed on 4 November 2005.

[1] Maples, a native of Bonham, Texas,[2][3] was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Field Artillery following graduation from the United States Military Academy in 1971.

Previous assignments include serving as the assistant chief of staff, G3, V Corps, Heidelberg, Germany, and deputy chief of staff operations for United States Army Europe (FWD), Taszar, Hungary, supporting United States forces in the Balkans in Operation Joint Endeavor.

Foreign decorations include the French Croix de Guerre for exterior theater operations with Silver Star.

On 27 February 2008, he testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee that waterboarding is not consistent with Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions and that it is inhumane.