Daniel B. Silver

Daniel B. Silver was the 4th serving General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency and also served as General Counsel for the National Security Agency. He was also the author of a book called "Refuge In Hell."

Life Silver studied cultural anthropology at University of California, Berkeley.

Later, Silver became a lawyer in International law, and practiced in Washington, D.C., Paris, and Brussels.

Admiral Bobby R. Inman, then NSA Director, recruited Silver into the National Security Agency (NSA) from the private sector in 1978 as part of an effort to address concerns over intelligence agency misconduct highlighted by congressional investigations in the 1970s. Silver played a crucial role in guiding the NSA through a new phase of heightened oversight from both Congress and the Executive Branch. Silver had a difficult time contending with the wake of the Iran–Contra affair, and noted that "a General Counsel could be bred and trained who would be somewhere between a watchdog and a lapdog."