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Daniel Lecce
Official portrait, 2022
Acting Director of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 28, 2023
PresidentJoe Biden
DirectorVacant
Personal details
BornPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnited States Marine Corps
Years of service1986–2021
RankMajor General
CommandsMarine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
Awards

Daniel Joseph Lecce is an American government official and retired United States Marine Corps major general acting director of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency. As a Marine, Lecce was last the Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps from July 2018 to August 2021. He was previously assigned as the Assistant Judge Advocate General for Military Justice of the United States Navy, senior legal adviser to U.S. Southern Command and general counsel for II Marine Expeditionary Force. His retirement ceremony was held on September 30, 2021.

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Lecce graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1984. He was commissioned in 1986 and completed his J.D. degree at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1987. He later earned an LL.M. degree in operational and international law from the Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army School in 1997 and an M.A. degree in international public policy from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University in 2007.

References

  1. "Biography of Daniel J. Lecce, Deputy Director" (PDF). Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency. January 13, 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 8, 2022. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  2. ^ "Major General Daniel J. Lecce". Headquarters Marine Corps. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  3. "Col. Lecce Promotion to Maj. Gen". DVIDS. July 30, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
    - "Major General Lecce Lecture". University of Pittsburgh. March 21, 2019.
    - "Top Legal Officers Address Racial Disparity in Military Justice". Washington Headquarters Services.
    - "PN1951 - 1 nominee for Marine Corps, 115th Congress (2017-2018)". U.S. Congress. June 28, 2018.
    - Edwards, Jane (January 4, 2022). "Daniel Lecce Named DCSA Deputy Director". ExecutiveGov. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  4. "Webcast: Major General Daniel J. Lecce Retirement Ceremony". DVIDS. September 30, 2021.
  5. 2007 Commencement: Conferring of Degrees at the Close of the 131st Academic Year (PDF). Johns Hopkins University. May 17, 2007. p. 57. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

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Military offices
Preceded byRichard P. Flatau Commanding Officer of the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
2010–2012 		Succeeded byAndrew M. Niebel
Preceded byJohn R. Ewers Assistant Judge Advocate General for Military Justice of the United States Navy
2014–2018 		Succeeded byDavid J. Bligh
Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps
2018–2021
Government offices
Preceded byChristy K. Wilder
Acting
William D. Stephens
Acting 		Deputy Director of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
2022–present 		Incumbent
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