- Richard Calder
Richard Calder (born 1943) is a senior official at the
United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).Calder holds a
Bachelor's degree inpolitical science from theUniversity of Connecticut and a Master's degree ininformation systems fromGeorge Washington University . He started his career with the CIA as a radio operator after serving in theUnited States Navy . It was in this role that he found himself trapped for several days inside the CIA's base inBenghazi ,Libya , during riots in the wake of the 1967Arab-Israeli war . His chief at the time wasThomas Tweeten , who rose to become Deputy Director for Operations (DDO).He had served in numerous roles with in the CIA, including operations officer, deputy chief of the Near East Division for Arab operations, chief of operations and resource management staff of the Directorate of Operations (DO).
In late 1995, then-CIA Director
John M. Deutch made Calder an offer to run Directorate of Administration (DA) with a free hand, a division he had vigorously criticized. Initially, he instituted activity-based costing, which freed up significant funds to be used in the CIA's main mission.Calder is married with two children.
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*cite news | last=Loeb | first=Vernon | title=Ex-Spy's Mission at CIA: Burying the Bureaucracy As Agency Administrator, Deputy Means Business | date=
4 February 2000 | publisher=The Washington Post | url=http://nucnews.net/nucnews/2000nn/0002nn/000204nn.htm
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