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 008Want to dive deeper into today’s episode? Here's a look into Langley's (unclassified) files: <a href="https://www.cia.gov/about/organization/">Overview of CIA’s Directorate of Analysis and the analytic positions available at the Agency</a> Is perhaps the most exclusive publication in the world still delivered on paper? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFOGLWh_j3Y&t=10s">Check out the evolution of the President’s Daily Brief (PDB)</a> Curious about the women OSS members Linda mentioned? Read stories from the <a href="https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/glorious-amateurs-of-oss-sisterhood-of-spies/">“Sisterhood of Spies”</a> <a href="https://www.cia.gov/legacy/museum/artifact/the-presidents-intelligence-checklist/">See the iconic words inside the final President’s Intelligence Checklist (PICL) ever produced by CIA</a> Want to try your hand at searching out the answer to today’s trivia question? <a href="https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/">Head over to the CIA World Factbook</a>—where that information, and much more, awaits.

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