Stephen Kappes
Stephen R. Kappes (born August 22, 1951) was the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (DDCIA), until his resignation on April 14, 2010. He had served in the CIA since 1981, with a two-year hiatus. A career clandestine operations professional, Mr. Kappes was well known for his supervisory role in the extraordinary rendition program, a non-judicial system of rendering persons suspected of terrorism to secret locations for various controversial interrogation techniques. In 2009, Mr. Kappes was convicted in an Italian court for crimes related to a rendition. Mr. Kappes was also known for his role in persuading Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi to abandon his nuclear weapons program in 2003.
Read more about Stephen Kappes: Education and Military Service, First CIA Tour (1981–2004), Second CIA Tour (2006–2010)