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Walter Lionel Pforzheimer Jr. (August 15, 1914 – February 10, 2003) was an American intelligence officer, master spy, lawyer, and bibliophile specializing in Intelligence literature and intelligence history. He played a crucial role in the early development of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and its legislative framework, drafting portions of and securing congressional approval for the National Security Act of 1947, which formally established the CIA. He was one of the founding members of the CIA and was the CIA's first Legislative Counsel, acting as the primary liaison between the agency and Congress. Pforzheimer later became a senior CIA officer and a recognized expert on intelligence matters. The CIA today recognizes him as one of their trailblazers and one of their greatest lawyers, but he told his eulogizer that he hated two things; his middle name, and being a lawyer. He was well-respected, by his coworkers and his adversaries, as an avid historian and advisor on intelligence matters. Throughout his life, he amassed an extensive private library on intelligence and espionage, which became one of the most significant collections in the field, and donated portions of his collection to institutions such as Yale University. Today, it is argued by the historian Timothy Naftali, there is not a single course taught in intelligence history in the English speaking world that has not benefited from Pforzheimer's work.