President's Daily Brief

The President's Daily Brief (PDB ) is presented to the President of the United States daily. The most important recent findings the U.S. intelligence are presented in it. About the compilation decided by the National Intelligence Director.

The top-secret report typically includes 10-15 pages ( another source: 4 pages or 12-30 pages) and will pass in a leather jacket.

History

The precursor of the PDB in 1961 was created from dissatisfaction of John F. Kennedy on secret information after the failed invasion of the Bay of Pigs. The first PDB was created by Richard Lehman under the Director of the Office of Current Intelligence Huntington D. Sheldon on June 17, 1961. He first involved daily information in the form of a list with brief sections, exclusively compiled for the president, later also for the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Kennedy read and reviewed the list automatically, only when needed he held consultation or asked for additional information.

After Kennedy's assassination in 1963 of the Director of Central Intelligence informed the new President Johnson with the help of the prepared list first person. After 1964 tensions on the assessment of the Vietnam War increased, Johnson gave up the personal meeting and also read the prepared list any more. Since January, the list had now been published in a report only two times a week, but now also available for a number of other employees. Because Johnson still had little attention for the report and simultaneously increased concerns over the improper dissemination, it was decided to abandon the report and a new form - create - for less addressee.

On 1 December 1964, handed over the first time the new President's Daily Brief on Johnson, who - meet at the habits of the president - appeared in the late afternoon. Johnson read the report on a regular basis and decided in 1965 that he would like to get now presented him at 6:30 clock. On 6 August 2001, George W. Bush was a President's Daily Brief entitled Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in U.S. (English for: Bin Laden determined to strike in the United States) presented by the Central Intelligence Agency. The summary warned of a terrorist threat from Osama bin Laden and al - Qaeda. 36 days later, the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 were carried out.

Until 2002, the existence of this warning was kept secret until it was released by a whistleblower CBS Evening News Reported on 15 May 2004 about ..

In the culture

The PDB Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in U.S. is mentioned in Michael Moore's documentary Fahrenheit 9/11.