David PriessOvjeren akaunt

@DavidPriess

Chief Operating Officer, . Visiting Fellow . Former CIA. Duke PhD. Writing books & speaking about presidents, intel & national security.

In orbit around Washington, DC
Vrijeme pridruživanja: svibanj 2014.

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    Impeachments ... presidents acting erratically ... solicitations of foreign election interference ... presidents challenged from within their own party for renomination ... It’s all happened before. And my book about it is now in hardcover and paperback:

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    🚨Thrilled to announce that IN THE SHADOW OF INTERNATIONAL LAW is now available for pre-order from . It highlights the surprising role int’l law plays in decisions re: regime change and covert action (use code ASFLYQ6 for 30% discount at OUP)🚨

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  3. One way to see this: The top candidate in the “moderate” wing barely topped the “radical” candidate. So close! Another way to see this: Among the top five finishers, the “moderate” wing crushed the “radical” wing, 54.3% to 44.1%. If the moderates combine forces early, its over.

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  4. "I believe that the president has learned from this case.... The president has been impeached—that's a pretty big lesson." — Sen. Susan Collins

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    New : After losing daughter Robin, fighting cancer became a priority for George & Barbara. Renowned cancer specialist Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D., recounts moment he pitched National Dialogue on Cancer to them & how mission continues.

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    Now on the Lawfare Podcast: a special episode on the end of the Senate impeachment trial, including some remarks made by senators on the final day, the votes, and a conversation with Lawfare’s , , and , and :

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    Since yesterday's acquittal, 25th Amendment talk has perked up on Twitter. As such, it's time to retweet this thread. It explains how—like it or not—25A is limited by its narrow design. The failure to use 25A now is a reflection of 25A's purposes, not a perversion of them.

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    FIASCO season 2: iran-contra starts today! in episode 1, meet kevin kattke: long island dad, maintenance engineer at macy's, and foreign policy freelancer. hear how this rando ended up helping oliver north carry out the 1983 invasion of grenada:

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  10. OTD 1911: Birth of Ronald Reagan: - Only POTUS born, raised, and educated in Illinois - Only president between Eisenhower and Clinton to serve two full terms - As POTUS, read the President’s Daily Brief more carefully than commonly thought - Wore the tan suit damn well

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    The trial ended yesterday with floor speeches and a vote on the articles. Here are highlights, along with a conversation about it all featuring , , , and . It’s The Impeachment, the Final Day:

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  12. 6. velj

    OTD 1993: Jim Woolsey sworn in as Director of Central Intelligence. He told me he couldn’t recall a single time during his two year tenure when President Clinton, the secretary of state, or the secretary of defense called him to talk about an item in the President’s Daily Brief.

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  14. 5. velj

    I don’t think Mitt Romney fears “eating alone at the lunch table.” It’s a sad commentary on our political culture that so many other elected officials do.

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  15. 5. velj

    OTD 1978: First day as CIA deputy director for Frank Carlucci, in the Carter administration— Carlucci told me Carter was such a conscientious reader of the President’s Daily Brief that he would correct spelling errors that had made it through the CIA’s rigorous editing process!

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  16. 5. velj

    It was a blast to chat about Watergate, the Clinton impeachment, the 2000 Florida recount, and Iran-Contra with , co-creator/host of the first two seasons of Slow Burn and, now, two seasons of FIASCO. Hear our Lawfare Podcast conversation here:

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  17. 5. velj

    “It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.” — Maurice Switzer

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  18. 4. velj

    Just leaving this here

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  19. 4. velj

    Amazing insight this afternoon from into the roots of African American Islam, its complex relationship with global trends in Islamic thought, and W. D. Mohammed’s pluralistic and nonviolent legacy—in a conversation moderated by

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  20. 4. velj

    Happy 73rd Birthday to the 44th vice president of the United States, Dan Quayle: — The fifth of a striking SIX vice presidents from Indiana (Mike Pence is the sixth) — The country’s most recent one-term VP (Al Gore replaced him just over 27 years ago)

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  21. 4. velj

    “I’m not competing in Iowa, for a reason.” — Jon Huntsman, 2011

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