Mike Rogers

Michael J. Rogers (born June 2, 1963) is an American former law enforcement officer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2001 to 2015. A Republican, he was chair of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. After retiring from the U.S. House, Rogers was hired by CNN as its national security news expert. He also served as an executive producer for the CNN program Declassified: Untold Stories of American Spies. Rogers is a candidate in the 2024 United States Senate election in Michigan. Early life, education, and law enforcement career Rogers was born in Livingston County, Michigan, the son of Joyce A. and John C. Rogers. He graduated from Adrian College in Adrian, Michigan, in 1985, from which he earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and sociology. Rogers served in the United States Army from 1985 to 1989. He worked as a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in its Chicago office, specializing in organized crime and public corruption from 1989 to 1994. He is a member of the Society of Former Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In 2017, Rogers was interviewed to be the new director of the FBI after James Comey was dismissed.