{"id":12640,"date":"2020-12-17T14:26:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T14:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/?p=12640"},"modified":"2020-12-17T14:26:12","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T14:26:12","slug":"the-presidents-intelligence-checklist-february-1-1962","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/the-presidents-intelligence-checklist-february-1-1962\/","title":{"rendered":"The President&#8217;s Intelligence Checklist | February 1, 1962"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p>The following is the &#8220;President&#8217;s Intelligence Checklist&#8221; for February 1, 1962.<\/p>\n<p>Although <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/readingroom\/docs\/DOC_0005992171.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously<\/a> released, The Black Vault filed a Mandatory Declassification Review request for it to be re-reviewed, and redactions lifted. Only one line was newly released, but it serves as an example that this was not a waste. The revealed line shows a document that can be sought after via FOIA.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-12640 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-17-2020-6-16-11-AM.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-17-2020-6-16-11-AM-300x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-17-2020-6-16-11-AM-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-17-2020-6-16-11-AM-600x281.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-17-2020-6-16-11-AM-150x70.jpg 150w, 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