Clete Johnson is Senator Jay Rockefeller's staff designee on the Senate Intelligence Committee. He is also the Committee's monitor for the Treasury Department's intelligence activities.  Clete joined the Intelligence Committee staff in 2008 after serving on Senator Rockefeller's personal staffas counsel for defense, foreign policy, and international trade.

Prior to coming to the Senate, Clete practiced law at Patton Boggs LLP in Washington,focusing on export controls and defense procurement, as well as other aspectsof international trade and security.  Earlier, Clete was an Army officer, serving first as a platoon leaderand maintenance shop officer in South Korea, and later as a General's aide in Germany.  His time in Germany included service in NATO's Operation Allied Force in Albania, Macedonia, and Kosovo.

Clete received his J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law, where he was Editor in Chief of the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law.  Whileon a Fulbright Fellowship, he earned an M.Sc. in International Relations fromthe London School of Economics.  He received his bachelor's degree in History from Harvard University, where he played varsity football and was Executive Officer of the MIT Army ROTC Paul Revere Battalion.