Stephen R. Kappes (born August 22, 1951) is a senior U.S. government intelligence officer. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January The federal government of the United States is the central United States Governmental body established by the United States Constitution. He is currently Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (DDCIA), having assumed this position on July 24, 2006. near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all He succeeded Vice Admiral Albert M. Calland, III. Vice Admiral Albert M Calland III (born 1952 United States Navy (Ret
Kappes joined the CIA in 1981 after serving as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1976 to 1981. He has held a variety of operational and managerial assignments at CIA Headquarters and overseas, serving as assistant deputy director to former Deputy Director for Operations (DDO) James Pavitt, and later as DDO after Pavitt stepped down in August 2004. The Director of the National Clandestine Service (D/NCS (formerly the Deputy Director for Operations DDO is a senior United States government official in the U James L Pavitt (born February 19, 1946) was Deputy Director for Operations (DDO for the CIA from 1999 until June 4, At the time of the September 11 attacks, Kappes was the associate deputy director for operations for counterintelligence.
Kappes served in Moscow and Pakistan. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and Towards the end of his tenure with the CIA he worked with President George W. Bush in negotiations with Libya that ended that country's weapons-of-mass-destruction programs. Libya ( ليبيا ar-Latn Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh:) officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab
Kappes was named Deputy Director for Operations (DDO) for the CIA in June 2004 and took office in August 2004 while the appointment of Porter Goss as the next Director of Central Intelligence was still pending in the Senate. The Director of the National Clandestine Service (D/NCS (formerly the Deputy Director for Operations DDO is a senior United States government official in the U Kappes succeeded James Pavitt, who resigned in June 2004. James L Pavitt (born February 19, 1946) was Deputy Director for Operations (DDO for the CIA from 1999 until June 4, Both Kappes and Pavitt oversaw the CIA’s Directorate for Operations during the controversial Iraq WMD reporting. This article concerns the Iraqi government's use possession and alleged intention of acquiring more types of Weapons of mass destruction (WMD during the presidency of He served in that position until he resigned in November 2004. John E. McLaughlin, the then-Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, announced his departure the same week Kappes quit, thus exacerbating the rumored management problems for Goss. John Edward McLaughlin (born June 15, 1942 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania) is the former Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
It had been widely reported in the press that Kappes quit the Agency rather than carry out a request by Goss to reassign Michael Sulick, his then deputy. Michael J Sulick (born 1948 is an American intelligence officer and the Director of the U [1] It is also reported that this incident occurred because the chief of staff admonished the then assistant deputy director for counterintelligence, Mary Margaret Graham (who now works for the DNI John Negroponte) about leaking personnel information. Mary Margaret Graham was the United States Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Collection (2005 - 2008 [2] According to some news reports, Sulick had just engaged in a shouting match with Goss’s chief of staff.
For a brief period in between his senior appointments, Kappes worked in the private security industry. In April 2005, ArmorGroup, a British security firm, named him vice president in charge of global strategy, and named him Chief Operating Officer (COO) in November 2005. ArmorGroup International is a British company providing private security. Kappes was named as the next DDCIA by DNI John Negroponte in May 2006.
See also
References
- CIA press release with a brief biography
- CIA official biography
- New York Times article on appointment of Kappes, May 30, 2006
- Washington Post: Kappes is Expected to Boost CIA Morale, June 19, 2006
| Preceded by James Pavitt |
CIA Deputy Director for Operations August 2004 – November 2004 |
Succeeded by Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr. |
| Preceded by Albert Calland |
Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency July 24, 2006 – present |
Incumbent |
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