Stephen Kappes | |
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 Official portrait, 2010 | |
| 2nd Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | |
| In office January 29, 2006 – May 5, 2010 | |
| President | George W. Bush Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Albert Calland |
| Succeeded by | Michael Morell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 22, 1951 Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Alma mater | Ohio University Ohio State University |
| Profession | Intelligence officer |
Stephen R. Kappes (born August 22, 1951) was the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (DDCIA), until his resignation on April 14, 2010.[1][2] He had served in the CIA since 1981, with a two-year hiatus. A career clandestine operations professional, Kappes supervised the extraordinary rendition program, a non-judicial system of rendering persons suspected of terrorism to secret locations where most of them were interrogated.[3][4] Kappes also helped persuade Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi to abandon his nuclear weapons program in 2003.[5] In 2009, Kappes was convicted in absentia by an Italian court for his headquarters-based role in the rendition and torture of an Egyptian citizen who was kidnapped from Italian soil by the CIA.
- ^ Jeff Stein (March 25, 2010). "Inside Man". Washingtonian Magazine. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
- ^ "TIMMERMAN: A shadow warrior falls". Washington Times. April 17, 2010. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
- ^ Scott Horton (March 31, 2010). "Steve Kappes, Profiled". HARPER'S Magazine. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
- ^ "Inside Man – News & Features". washingtonian.com. March 25, 2010. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
- ^ Mayer, Jane (2009), "The Secret History", The New Yorker, June 22, 2009, pg 54.