Richard Lehman (CIA officer)

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Richard Lehman
Born	12 June 1923 St. Louis, Missouri
Died	17 February 2007 Concord, New Hampshire
Education	Harvard University University of Virginia
Occupation	Soldier US Intelligence Official
Spouse	Catherine (1944 - 1946) Diane Harris (1948 - 2002)
Children	Michael Lehman David Lehman

Richard Lehman (12 June 1923 – 17 February 2007). Richard Lehman developed the President's Intelligence Check List, or PICL (pronounced "pickle") for President Kennedy in June 1961. The PICL ultimately became the President's Daily Brief, one of the most important US intelligence documents.

Dick Lehman joined the 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.

– Richard Kovar, Mr. Current Intelligence: An Interview with Richard Lehman (Kovar 2000)

related links : https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/summer00/art05.html

[edit] References

Hevesi, Dennis. "Richard Lehman, 83, Creator Of Crucial Intelligence Memo", The New York Times, 2007-02-24, p. 10. Retrieved on 2007-04-24. (English)  (Late Edition - Final)

Kovar, Richard (Summer 2000). "Mr. Current Intelligence: An Interview with Richard Lehman" (^{[dead link]} – ^{Scholar search}). Studies in Intelligence (9). The Center for the Study of Intelligence (CIA).  Publisher: The Center for the Study of Intelligence (CIA). Perhaps available from the US GPO.

"Richard Lehman; Created President's Memo at CIA", The Washington Post, 2007-02-20, p. B06. Retrieved on 2007-04-24. (English)  (Edition F)