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National Security Conference 2026 Guest Speakers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Bill Prillaman
Central Intelligence Agency (RET)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Bill Prillaman is a retired senior officer with a 34-year career at the Central Intelligence Agency. He was part of a four-person team leading the Directorate of Analysis, a group of several thousand intelligence analysts worldwide. Prior to that he spent eight years as chief and executive reviewer of the President\u2019s Daily Brief. He also served as a speechwriter for CIA\u2019s leadership team and morning intelligence briefer for the Secretary of Defense. He began his career as an analyst on Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bill holds a Ph.D. and B.A. from the University of Virginia and a Master\u2019s Degree from Tulane University. In retirement he is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and George Mason University and a consultant to several US and European political risk firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is the author of The Judiciary and Democratic Decay in Latin America <\/em>(2000); Crime, Democracy, and Development in Latin America <\/em>(2003); and a contributor to Legal Systems of the World: A Political, Social, and Cultural Encyclopedia <\/em>(2002). His work has also appeared in publications such as the Washington Times, National Review, Proceedings<\/em>, and Intelligence and National Security. <\/em> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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