Who is The President from Clear and Present Danger and what is their importance?

The President, facing the fact that one of his electoral promises was to do something about the drug trade and here, in another election year, has nothing to show, issues a Presidential Finding that drug smuggling operations are a clear and present danger to US National Security. In doing so, he has the right to authorize judicious use of military force in accordance with established operational guidelines to protect US citizens. Both the President and the opposition in Congress have motivations to keep the operations as secret as possible, and Cutter has arranged for only an extremely limited group of people to be in the know.