| ID | 136349 |
| Title Proper | Black-and-white security question how Washington can use surveillance to save lives-not target them |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Bamford, James |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Within the rarified world of technical intelligence, few have matched the extraordinary instincts of Arthur Lundahl, who, in 1961, founded and headed the CIA's National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC)--and who, a year later, alerted President John F. Kennedy to his agency's images of Soviet nuclear warheads in Cuba, leading to the missile crisis. In late November 1984, I had lunch with Lundahl at O'Donnell's, a bustling seafood restaurant near his home in Bethesda, Maryland; afterward, he asked me back to his place, where we could talk more privately. On a wall of his small wooden house on Chestnut Street were a number of his awards, including the National Security Medal, the highest honor in the U.S. intelligence community; the CIA's Distinguished Intelligence Medal; and even the Order of the British Empire, with the rank of honorary Knight Commander, presented to him by Queen Elizabeth II. |
| `In' analytical Note | Foreign Policy Vol. No.210; Jan-Feb.2015: p.70-71 |
| Journal Source | Foreign Policy 2015-02 |
| Standard Number | National Security |