Stephen Kappes
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Stephen R. Kappes (born 1952) has been the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency since June 2006.
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, including the Near East, South Asia, and Europe. Towards the end of his tenure with the CIA, he reported directly to President George W. Bush as the CIA's point man in negotiations with Libya that ended weapons of mass destruction programs. Before being named ADDO, he served concurrently as Chief of the Counterintelligence Center and Associate Deputy Director for Operations for Counterintelligence (ADDO/CI). He also served as the Associate Deputy Director for Operations (ADDO) beginning in June, 2002, and as Deputy Director for Operations (DDO) from October until his resignation as a result of internal politics in November 2004.
During his Agency career, Kappes has studied and speaks Farsi and Russian.
Stephen Kappes appears to have only a slight chance of being confirmed as Deputy Director of the CIA. He has not been offically appointed and confirmed. News reports say this is due to Republican congress members suspecting him of being too close to the Democrats and because he was not a cooperative gameplayer in the rigging of the Iraq War. New York Times reports July 9, 2006:
[Quote] Mr. Hoekstra complained publicly about the choices when they were announced, but his private letter to Mr. Bush was much harsher. He warned that the choice of Mr. Kappes, who he said was part of a group at the C.I.A. that "intentionally undermined the administration," sends "a clear signal that the days of collaborative reform between the White House and this committee may be over." [End quote]
/* References */ CIA web site: www.cia.gov, New York Times, July 9, 2006: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/09/washington/09hoekstra.html
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