Linda Weissgold
Former Deputy Director for Analysis, CIA
Linda Weissgold spent 37-years at CIA. Before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, she was an analyst and leader of analytic programs focused on the Middle East. She served as head of the CIA’s Office of Terrorism Analysis and helped to identify Usama Bin Laden’s location and the rise of ISIS. For more than two years, she served as President George W. Bush’s intelligence briefer.
Intelligence agencies are a country’s first line of defense, and this means the stakes surrounding their actions are always high. When an intelligence agency makes mistakes, people can die.Many of my [...] More
