FILE 008 - CIA's Analytic Chief on the Tradecraft Behind the Agency's Assessments

https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts211/v4/d7/82/f9/d782f92c-8653-2eac-7bfc-92a2cafc5599/mza_13606003398320514504.jpg/600x600bb.jpg

The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast

Central Intelligence Agency

26 episodes

5 months ago

You might have heard a thing or two about the CIA, but have you ever heard from the CIA? In the Central Intelligence Agency's first public podcast, you will. Let us be your guides around the corridors of CIA Headquarters in Langley, as you step beyond the Hollywood scripts and shadowed whispers to hear directly from the people serving each day as America's first line of defense. These are their stories. This is The Langley Files.

Government

Education

RSS

All content for The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast is the property of Central Intelligence Agency and is served directly from their servers with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.

Government

Education

FILE 008 - CIA's Analytic Chief on the Tradecraft Behind the Agency's Assessments

The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast

37 minutes

2 years ago

FILE 008 - CIA's Analytic Chief on the Tradecraft Behind the Agency's Assessments

In this episode of The Langley Files, Deputy Director of CIA for Analysis, Linda Weissgold, joins Dee and Walter to discuss what makes a good CIA analyst, the unusual working hours required to be the President's briefer, and the importance of the Agency's apolitical assessments. Along the way, she shares lessons from her decades-long career with CIA - and what it's like delivering bad news to the most powerful person on the planet.

Look Inside FILE 008

Want to dive deeper into today’s episode? Here's a look into Langley's (unclassified) files:

Overview of CIA’s Directorate of Analysis and the analytic positions available at the Agency

Is perhaps the most exclusive publication in the world still delivered on paper? Check out the evolution of the President’s Daily Brief (PDB)

Curious about the women OSS members Linda mentioned? Read stories from the “Sisterhood of Spies”

See the iconic words inside the final President’s Intelligence Checklist (PICL) ever produced by CIA

Want to try your hand at searching out the answer to today’s trivia question? Head over to the CIA World Factbook—where that information, and much more, awaits.