The Grey Dynamics Podcast welcomes you back. Today, we have an amazing guest: David Priess, a former intelligence officer, daily briefer, and intelligence manager of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the Bill Clinton and George Bush administrations. Additionally, David Priess worked at the State Department as a desk officer in the Near East Bureau.
David Priess’s intelligence and diplomatic career focused on Middle Eastern politics and terrorism, with his daily briefings involving the Bureau’s Director Robert Mueller and Attorney General John Ashcroft. He currently writes and speaks about national security and presidential history. His analysis has appeared in various outlets, including The Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Lawfare, Politico, and the Skeptic.
For his 2016 book The President’s Book of Secrets: The Untold Story of Intelligence Briefings to America’s Presidents, Priess became the first author to interview for one book every living former president, vice president and agency director.
Find David Priess
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- The President’s Book of Secrets: The Untold Story of Intelligence Briefings to America’s Presidents
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