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About David Blee
- David Henry Blee (November 20, 1916 - August 4, 2000) served in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from its founding in 1947 until his 1985 retirement.
- During World War II in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), he had worked in Southeast Asia.
- In the CIA, he served as Chief of Station (COS) in Asia and Africa, starting in the 1950s.
- He then led the CIA's Near East Division. He is best known for his work as head of the CIA's Soviet Division, where he made significant changes in espionage strategy.
- Specifically, Soviets who came forward to offer intelligence information to the CIA would no longer be greeted with harsh treatment and categorically subjected to an enduring suspicion.
- His transformative changes led to the departure of James Angleton, the counterintelligence chief who had long enjoyed a dominant role in the CIA.
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