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Richard Lehman (CIA officer)
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Richard "Dick" Lehman joined the Central Intelligence Agency
in 1949 and served for 33 years before retiring. As a junior analyst, he worked in the General Division of the Office of Reports and Estimates (ORE) using SIGINT to puzzle out the organization and output of various Soviet
industrial ministries. He then spent much of his career in the Office of Current Intelligence (OCI), eventually serving as its director from 1970 to 1975. Lehman also served as Director of the Office of Strategic Research from 1975 to 1976, as Deputy to the DCI for National Intelligence from 1976 to 1977, and as chairman of the National Intelligence Council
from 1979 to 1981. https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/summer00/art05.html
Lehman developed the President's Intelligence Check List
(PICL, pronounced "pickle
") for President
John F. Kennedy
in June 1961. The PICL ultimately became the President's Daily Brief
.
Born in St. Louis on June 12, 1923, Mr. Lehman was the son of Edwin and Margaret Maxwell Lehman. Besides his son David, of Lexington, Mass., he is survived by another son, Michael, of Concord; a sister, Lois Knaus of Chevy Chase, Md.; and six grandchildren. His wife of 54 years, the former Diane Harris, died in 2002. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9901E2D7103EF937A15751C0A9619C8B63
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...
in 1949 and served for 33 years before retiring. As a junior analyst, he worked in the General Division of the Office of Reports and Estimates (ORE) using SIGINT to puzzle out the organization and output of various Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
industrial ministries. He then spent much of his career in the Office of Current Intelligence (OCI), eventually serving as its director from 1970 to 1975. Lehman also served as Director of the Office of Strategic Research from 1975 to 1976, as Deputy to the DCI for National Intelligence from 1976 to 1977, and as chairman of the National Intelligence Council
National Intelligence Council
The National Intelligence Council is the center for midterm and long-term strategic thinking within the United States Intelligence Community . It was formed in 1979...
from 1979 to 1981. https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/summer00/art05.html
Lehman developed the President's Intelligence Check List
President's Daily Brief
The President's Daily Brief , sometimes incorrectly referred to as the President's Daily Briefing or the President's Daily Bulletin, is a top-secret document produced each morning for the President of the United States...
(PICL, pronounced "pickle
Pickle
Pickling is a process of preserving food. Pickle or pickling may refer to:-Food:* Pickled cucumber* Pickled onion* Pickled herring* Indian pickle includes oil-based food preservation* Branston and similar sweet pickle relishes...
") for President
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....
in June 1961. The PICL ultimately became the President's Daily Brief
President's Daily Brief
The President's Daily Brief , sometimes incorrectly referred to as the President's Daily Briefing or the President's Daily Bulletin, is a top-secret document produced each morning for the President of the United States...
.
Born in St. Louis on June 12, 1923, Mr. Lehman was the son of Edwin and Margaret Maxwell Lehman. Besides his son David, of Lexington, Mass., he is survived by another son, Michael, of Concord; a sister, Lois Knaus of Chevy Chase, Md.; and six grandchildren. His wife of 54 years, the former Diane Harris, died in 2002. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9901E2D7103EF937A15751C0A9619C8B63