Michael Barry (U.S. official)

Michael Barry was the Senior Director for Intelligence Programs for the United States National Security Council (NSC) in 2017 and 2018. He succeeded Ezra Cohen-Watnick who left in August 2017. Barry's appointment was well received within the NSC due to having years of experience in government and respect for established protocol, and due to his predecessor Cohen-Watnick's repeated clashes with the CIA, fellow NSC staffers, and Cabinet officials. Barry has been a CIA official and served in the Air Force from 1982 and 1992, including as a special agent in its Air Force Office of Special Investigations and was deployed to Europe. According to his LinkedIn profile, he graduated from Northeastern University in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice.

According to BuzzFeed, shortly after the September 11 attacks, Barry allegedly worked on a CIA sponsored [...] program to kill [...] with Erik Prince.

It was reported in July 2018 that Barry would be leaving his NSC position to return to the CIA.