David Priess is Publisher of Lawfare and Chief Operating Officer of the Lawfare Institute. A writer and speaker on the presidency, national security, and intelligence, he is also affiliated with George Mason University—where he is a Senior Fellow at the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security and a Visiting Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government. He served during the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush administrations as a CIA officer and has written two books: "How To Get Rid of a President," which lays out the many ways American presidents have left office, and “The President’s Book of Secrets,” the first book about the top-secret President’s Daily Brief and its recipients.
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