Morell defends NSA surveillance program
Michael Morell, a former CIA deputy director and member of the panel that last week suggested National Security Agency reforms to President Obama, on Sunday defended NSA surveillance.“I think there’s...
View ArticleMorell: CIA didn't try to mislead Congress on Benghazi terror attack
Former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell on Wednesday denied the administration tried to mislead Congress about whether the 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was a terrorist...
View ArticleEx-CIA head: Other terror groups more dangerous than ISIS
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) does not pose the biggest threat to the U.S., according to a former leader of the CIA.It isn’t even in the top three.“Despite that significant threat from...
View ArticleEx-top spy urges firings if ISIS reports are being suppressed
The former No. 2 at the CIA says heads should roll over reports that top intelligence officials are painting unrealistically rosy pictures of the U.S.’s fight against Islamic extremists.Michael Morell...
View ArticleEx-CIA official: Plane crash adds to sense 'ISIS is winning'
Former Deputy CIA Director Michael Morell said Sunday that the crash of a Russian airliner in Egypt last weekend could “add to the perception that ISIS is winning.”There have been increasing signs that...
View ArticleFormer CIA deputy director: ISIS strategy not working
A former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) says the U.S. strategy toward the Islamic State in Syria (ISIS) “is not working.”Michael Morell said recent attacks by the terrorist...
View ArticleEx-CIA chief: Fear for environment stays US hand on ISIS oil wells
A former CIA director says concerns about environmental impact have prevented the White House from bombing oil wells that finance the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).“We didn’t go after oil...
View ArticleTaliban gaining ground in Afghanistan, former CIA chief says
Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) acting director Michael Morell predicts Afghanistan will reemerge as a pivotal foreign policy issue in 2016 amid major geopolitical gains made by the Taliban in...
View ArticleFormer administration officials urge more airpower against ISIS
The United States can increase its airstrikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) without increasing collateral damage, the former under secretary of Defense for intelligence said...
View ArticleFormer acting CIA chief: 'No good option' for dealing with North Korea
Michael Morell, a former acting CIA director, said on Tuesday that the United States' hands are largely tied in responding to North Korea's latest ballistic missile test.During an appearance on "CBS...
View ArticleMorell: N. Korea's leader wants to show US cities at risk
Former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell said Sunday that North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, wants to show that he can put cities in the United States at risk of a nuclear attack.“He wants to...
View ArticleEx-CIA official: Russian election hacking allowed by multiple intelligence...
Michael Morell, the former deputy director of the CIA, in a new interview attributed Russia’s interference in the United States election to various failures in the intelligence community.During an...
View ArticleFormer acting CIA director: 'There will be dead Americans' as...
Former acting and Deputy CIA Director Michael Morell on Friday warned that President Trump’s decision to kill a top Iranian general will lead to “dead civilian Americans.”Morell told “CBS This Morning”...
View ArticleMichael Morell deserves to lead Biden's CIA
A few years back, I was serving as chief of the CIA’s Middle East Division when I received a secure phone call from Michael Morell’s executive assistant. Morell, then the CIA’s deputy director, was...
View Article