Fred Thompson

AEI - Scholars & Fellows

Visiting Fellow

Thompson studies national security and intelligence (China, North Korea, and Russia). He was a U.S. senator from Tennessee from 1994 to 2003.

Professional Experience
-United States senator from Tennessee, 1994-2003 (chairman, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, 1997-2001)
-Member, Tennessee Appellate Court Nominating Commission, 1985-1987
-Special counsel, Senate Committee on Intelligence, 1982
-Special counsel, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 1980-1981
-Special counsel to Lamar Alexander, governor of Tennessee, 1980
-Minority counsel, Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities ('Watergate Committee”), 1973-1974
-Assistant U.S. attorney, 1969-1972
-Practiced law, 1967-1969
-Feature film and television actor

Education
J.D., Vanderbilt University
B.A., Memphis State University

Articles and Short Publications
Hugo Opportunity
Terrorized
Remembering
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Books
At That Point in Time

Events
Five Years Later: A Progress Report on U.S. Security Post-9/11
Address by Senator Fred Thompson
Fortress America?
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Research Areas
National security and intelligence (China, North Korea, and Russia)
Downloads
High-Resolution Photo
Contact Information
Fred Thompson
American Enterprise Institute
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Assistant: 615-390-9944
Fax: 202-862-7177
E-mail: fthompson@aei.org

Latest Book
At That Point in Time
In 1973 and 1974, the author was the Senate Watergate Committee’s chief minority counsel, and he draws on that experience in this memoir. [Read More]