Richard Calder

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Richard Calder (born 1943) is a senior official at the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Calder holds a Bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Connecticut and a Master's degree in information systems from George Washington University. He started his career with the CIA as a radio operator after serving in the United States Navy. It was in this role that he found himself trapped for several days inside the CIA's base in Benghazi, Libya, during riots in the wake of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. His chief at the time was Thomas 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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• Loeb, Vernon. "Ex-Spy's Mission at CIA: Burying the Bureaucracy As Agency Administrator, Deputy Means Business", The Washington Post, 4 February 2000.