Fwd: A note for Mr. Podesta--quotes for confirmation, for PDB book

From:eryn.sepp@gmail.com To: john.podesta@gmail.com CC: milia.fisher@gmail.com Date: 2015-05-29 00:05 Subject: Fwd: A note for Mr. Podesta--quotes for confirmation, for PDB book

Milia, will you please print this for John in the AM for approval? John, quotes below for approval from that PDB interview you did 2 years ago. He didn't say it explicitly below but his editor wants to know if quotes are good by Monday COB. They're not lengthy. Would be great if you have a chance to review tomorrow. Begin forwarded message: > From: "David Priess" <david@davidpriess.com> > Date: May 28, 2015 at 10:01:04 PM EDT > To: "Eryn Sepp" <esepp@americanprogress.org>, "'Eryn Sepp'" <eryn.sepp@gmail.com> > Cc: "David Priess" <david@davidpriess.com> > Subject: A note for Mr. Podesta--quotes for confirmation, for PDB book > > Dear Mr. Podesta, > > I hope this note finds you well. Back in February 2013, I met with you in your CAP office to gain insights for the book I was researching: the first history of the President’s Daily Brief. I have now completed 100+ interviews, including President Clinton, Vice President Gore, all of the other living former Presidents and Vice Presidents, and the vast majority of former CIA Directors, National Security Advisors, and other PDB principals. Now, I’ve finally finished my draft manuscript. My publisher -- PublicAffairs Books, an imprint of the Perseus Book Group -- intends to release the book early next year. > > You had asked that I send you any direct quotes from our discussion that I wanted to use. I’m including them at the end of this note for you to look over. Much of the text has already approved as is by the CIA’s Publication Review Board. If you feel it necessary to revise anything, however, please let me know at your earliest opportunity as I hope to send the book to my editor within the next few days. > > Thank you again for your contribution to this unique history. I look forward to seeing your reply. > > All the best, > > David Priess > > > > Quotes for your review: > > 1. [re: President Clinton 42] “He would underline things and annotate the PDB with his questions. You rarely got it out with nothing written on it.” > > 2. [also during the Clinton years] “The PDB distilled down what you absolutely needed to know. We were getting all the raw junk on a daily basis. That can cause you to overreact to trivia and bad information. So the value of having it vetted was clear.” > > 3. [re: providing PDB to Bush immediately after 2000 election] “While this was open,” says Podesta, “it didn’t seem appropriate.” > > 4. [but after the recount lingered…] “No one anticipated how long that would take, so we changed gears,” Podesta says. “We decided that the clock was ticking too much; we needed to get him into the system.” > > > > 5. [re: when Bush 43 in 2008 initially restricted the PDB to Obama, Biden only] “I was very adamant that this does the President no justice,” Podesta says. “If you can’t talk to anybody about what’s in the PDB, then why bother reading it?” > > > > > > David Priess, PhD > Vienna, Virginia > david@davidpriess.com > 703-314-0770 > >