Otto Otepka
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Otto F. Otepka (May 6, 1915 – March 20, 2010
Background
Otepka was born in Chicago in 1915, and graduated from the Columbus School of Law. He served in the US Navy during World War II.[1]
Career
Otepka was a Deputy Director of the United States
The Office of Security was often simply known as "SY" and in the 1980s became the
By the late 1960s, there was a Congressional hearing into the dismissal of Otepka but in the end Otepka was never returned to his previous station.
In March 1969, Otepka was appointed by Richard Nixon to a position on the Subversive Activities Control Board.[4][5] After some difficult Senate confirmation hearings, the Senate confirmed his position.[6]
Otepka retired in 1972 and moved to Cape Coral, Florida, in 1975. He was a member of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers.[1]
Bibliography
Books by other authors
- Gill, William J.The Ordeal of Otto Otepka. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1969.
- Mollenhoff, Clark R. Despoilers of Democracy. New York, New York: Doubleday, 1965.
References
- ^ a b c Nicholas Feliciano, Cape Coral Daily Breeze, March 22, 2010, Otto F. Otepka
- ^ C. P. Trussell, The New York Times, November 6, 1963, OTEPKA DROPPED AS SECURITY AIDE; Held Guilty of Passing Data --Congressmen Protest OTEPKA DROPPED AS SECURITY AIDE
- ^ The New York Times, November 18, 1963, Otepka Contends He Broke No Rules
- The Milwaukee Sentinel, March 20, 1969, Otepka Named to US Panel
- New Orleans States-Item, 13 May 1969, Security Helm Sought for Otepka
- ^ Joan Mellen, A Farewell to Justice: Jim Garrison, JFK's Assassination, and the Case That Should Have Changed History, Skyhorse Publishing, 2013
External links
- BBC article on DSS
- U.S. Diplomatic Security Website
- Washington Post article on DS
- Diplomatic Security Special Agents Association
- Unofficial Diplomatic Security Special Agent Forum
- Mobile Security Deployments (MSD)
- Computer Investigations & Forensics Investigative Resource Page
- Office of Foreign Missions
- 2006 interview with Otto Otepka
- Otto Otepka's obituary
- Otepka's FBI files hosted at the Internet Archive