Richard Haver
Richard Haver is a senior U.S. intelligence community veteran whose career bridged the corporate defense contractor world and the highest levels of executive branch intelligence management. He served as Senior Vice President at TRW and, following Northrop Grumman's 2002 acquisition of TRW, continued in a senior role at Northrop Grumman. Vice President Dick Cheney personally selected Haver to lead the administration's intelligence community transition team following the 2000 election, a selection that placed Haver at the center of post-transition intelligence restructuring. He subsequently served as Special Assistant to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld for Intelligence, giving him broad visibility into highly classified programs across the DoD and Intelligence Community.
| Role | Senior intelligence official; Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence; Senior VP at TRW and Northrop Grumman |
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Role in UAP Programs
According to the video's analysis, Haver is alleged to have carried UAP legacy program responsibilities from his time at TRW into Northrop Grumman and through his government roles under Cheney and Rumsfeld. The video characterizes his trajectory — from a TRW contractor deeply embedded in space intelligence programs, to a handpicked Cheney aide, to Rumsfeld's intelligence special assistant — as evidence of a deliberate personnel pipeline connecting the contractor-held UAP legacy programs to the highest levels of executive branch oversight. Haver is alleged to have maintained dual-hatted informal responsibilities related to Legacy Programs alongside his official government positions.