Mr. David M. Crane has served in the government of the United States for almost 30 years, most of them as an attorney. Mr. Crane specializes in International and Criminal Law, as well as National Security Law. He currently is a member of the Senior Executive Service in the Office of the Inspector General, Department of Defense. As a senior executive with the Office of the Inspector General he oversees numerous national security systems for the Secretary of Defense and the United States Congress. Past key legal positions include serving as the Assistant General Counsel, Defense Intelligence Agency; Legal Advisor, US Forces, Multinational Force and Observers, Sinai, Egypt; and the Waldemar A. Solf Professor of International Law at the Judge Advocate General's School, US Army.

Mr. Crane holds a Doctor of Law degree from Syracuse University, a Masters degree in African Studies and Bachelors degree in History, summa cum laude, from Ohio University.