All three of the top positions at the CIA will now be filled by women for the first time ever after Cynthia 'Didi' Rapp was named as the agency's top analyst. CIA director Gina Haspel has already appointed Elizabeth Kimber as the first female deputy director for operations and Dawn Meyerriecks as the deputy director for science and technology. Middle East expert Rapp had been the agency's director of public affairs under Director David Petraeus and deputy executive director under Haspel. Beth Kimber, 56, is a decades-long veteran of the CIA and now heads up its clandestine arm. According to the Wall Street Journal, an insider said she has worked with Russia and terrorism operations in the CIA.

Source: Daily Mail January 05, 2019 22:57 UTC