Obituaries

In Memoriam

Robert Mueller - Former FBI Director

Robert Mueller, who led the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 2001 to 2013, died March 20, 2026, at the age of 81.

Edward Jacobs - Former NSA Executive

Edward Jacobs, a longtime resident of Columbia, Maryland, passed away on February 21, 2026, at the age of 93.

Bruce Kracofe - Former NGA and ODNI Officer

Bruce Edward Kiracofe of Bethesda, Md., passed away at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on March 4, 2026. Bruce, who would have turned 69 on March 7, had fought a courageous battle with cancer.    

Esmaeil Khatib - Iran’s Minister of Intelligence

Esmaeil Khatib, the Iranian intelligence minister, became the country’s latest high-ranking official to be targeted in the U.S.-Israeli military campaign.

Len Deighton - Author of Espionage Best-Sellers (Member Contribution)

Len Deighton, the British author who brought a documentary-style realism to the spy genre in 1960s Cold War thrillers like “The Ipcress File” and “Funeral in Berlin,” the film versions of which helped make Michael Caine an international star, died on Sunday at his home in Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands between England and France. He was 97.

Joe Boys - Former CIA Officer

Richard (“Joe” or “Likabite Joe”) Carlton Boys, Jr., 86, passed on 6 March 2026 in Beacon, NY on the east side of the Hudson River across the river from Newburgh.

Chanley Mohney - Former CIA Analyst, AFIO Member

Chanley Milton Mohney, 76, of North Chesterfield, formerly of Northern Virginia, passed away on December 6, 2025. 

Carl Reich - AFIO Member, Marine, Investigator

Carl William Reich was born in Los Angeles, CA in April, 1948 to Carl William Reich, Sr. and Anna Reich. In addition to AFIO, he was a member of Force Recon Association and a Founding, Combat, Life member of United States Marine Corps Scout Sniper Association.

Ken Thompson - Former CIA Officer

Kenneth Walter Thompson, 85, of Bethesda, Maryland died on February 14, 2026. He was happily married to Diana DeFranceschi Thompson for 59 years this coming March.