Dearie was chief judge from 2007 to 2011. He is currently a Senior judge. Senior status is given to long-serving judges as a form of semi-retirement.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts appointed Dearie as a Judge of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2012–2019.
During his career he has presided over many high-profile cases involving organized crime, drug smuggling, murder, extortion, and terrorism.
Dearie familiar with Intel and top secrets
The jurist presided in a 2011 case where an Afghan immigrant conspired to detonate a bomb in the subway. He was also the judge on a case where a former baggage handler was accused of stealing Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York’s jewels.
The Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts appointed Dearie as a Judge of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2012–2019.
During his term with the intel court in Washington Dearie signed off on surveillance warrants for federal investigators. These were only to be used against suspected spies and foreign agents in the US.
Dearie signed off on warrant for Carter Page
During his time on the Intel court, he was one of the judges who signed off on a request from the FBI and Department of Justice to monitor then-President Trump’s former campaign adviser Carter Page.
