Otto Kirchheimer

Otto Kirchheimer (German: [ˈkɪʁçhaɪmɐ]; 11 November 1905, Heilbronn – 22 November 1965, Alexandria, Virginia) was a German jurist of Jewish ancestry and political scientist of the Frankfurt School whose work essentially covered the state and its constitution.

Kirchheimer worked as a research analyst at the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the forerunner of the CIA, starting in World War II and continuing to 1952.

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