Tag: Mike Morell

A 30-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) penned an op-ed on Monday praising Gina Haspel who would be, if approved by the Senate, the first woman to head the agency.

After weeks of negative media reports and political animus toward Gina Haspel’s alleged participation in the destruction of videos showing interrogation of terror suspects, the agency released a memo clearing her of any wrongdoing.

Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday that his earlier statements that there was no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia should not be considered “exculpatory.”

The Trump White House seems quietly to be enjoying the Russia hacking “scandal.” The beauty of it all? The media and the Democrats are creating this distraction themselves.

For months, the mainstream media played a game of “Jenga journalism,” building a tower of accusations against Donald Trump, using flimsy, speculative claims of Russian collusion.

Sunday on CBS’s “Face The Nation,” former CIA director Michael Morell accused President-elect Donald Trump of undermining the “morale in the intelligence community” by questioning the source of hacks in the 2016 presidential election. Morell said, “The president-elect has done two

TEL AVIV — Mike Morell, the former acting director of the CIA, is generating headlines for exclaiming alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election amounted to “the political equivalent of 9/11.”

As someone involved in politics for more than 40 years I can attest to the fact that you ruffle some feathers and, dare I say, make some enemies along the way. So what? If the bed-wetters and pearl-clutchers aren’t upset with you, you aren’t making a difference.

Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” while discussing his op-ed that denounced Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and endorsed Hillary Clinton, former director of the CIA Mike Morell said he would trust Clinton with “the crown jewels” of the U.S. government. When asked

In a New York Times (NYT) op-ed entitled “I Ran the C.I.A., Now I’m Endorsing Hillary Clinton,” Michael Morell claims he’s a completely non-partisan public servant who has “always been silent about [his] preference for president.” Now, however, the former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is coming out for Clinton in a big way–even though he previously expressed certainty that her illicit email server was hacked by foreign intelligence services.

Friday on “CBS This Morning,” while discussing the terror attack that resulted in 84 deaths and over 100 injuries in Nice, France, former CIA deputy director Mike Morell said, “I think it’s just a matter of time before we see

Tuesday on “CBS This Morning,” while commenting on the terror attacks in Brussels at the Maalbeek Metro station and and Zaventem airport, which resulted in deaths of at least 31 and hundreds injured, the former CIA deputy director Michael Morell

Tuesday at the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the U.S. strategy against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), former CIA Acting Director Michael Morell warned ISIS could expand it’s hold sphere of influence to parts of Libya.

Environmental concerns, along with worry about the fortunes of Syrian civilians after ISIS is gone, kept the Obama administration from striking Islamic State oil targets, claims former CIA director Michael Morell.

Former CIA Director Mike Morell stated that there “seemed” to be a determination not to hit oil wells controlled by ISIS, partially because such strikes would create “environmental damage” on Tuesday’s broadcast of PBS’ “Charlie Rose.” Morrell said, “So, prior

Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” the former CIA deputy director Michael Morell said in light of the Paris terror attack it has become “crystal clear” the Obama administration’s strategy against ISIS is not working. Morell said, “There is two

Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” while discussing the strong possibility that an ISIS bomb brought down the Russian passenger jetliner in Egypt, former CIA deputy director and CBS senior security contributor Michael Morell warned it was a “big deal” because

Former CIA Director Michael Morell declared “AQI [Al Qaeda in Iraq] would never have rebounded had we stayed there in some number” on Wednesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. Morell initially stated, “I think that the strategy in Iraq,

In an interview with Voice of America News’ Cal Perry, former deputy CIA director Michael Morell gave a rare “intelligence guy” opinion on President Barack Obama’s  counter-terrorism policy and said we need to “be all in with Saudi Arabia.” He

Friday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” former CIA deputy director Mike Morell defended enhanced interrogation techniques. He said we can debate whether or not it’s moral, but the truth is it was “absolutely effective.” “I don’t call it torture,” he said. “[L]et

Former CIA Director Mike Morell said that Arab Sunni countries “are scared to death of Iran” due to the accurate perception that they want to dominate the region and that Iran wants a nuke, in part, because it’s “a tool

Former CIA Director Mike Morell said that one of the lines in the Benghazi talking points about blaming a YouTube video “is crossing the line between national security and politics” in an interview broadcast on Monday’s “Special Report” on the

Monday on “CBS This Morning,” former CIA deputy director Michael Morell said if we don’t keep the pressure on ISIS and Al Qaeda “we are going to see another 9/11 style attack.” In responding to comment yesterday by Homeland Security

Wednesday on “CBS This Morning,” former CIA deputy director Michael Morell said it would take 100,000 ground troops in Iraq and Syria to push back ISIS. In discussing ISIS burning alive the Jordanian pilot, Morell said, “Unless the coalition is

Sunday on CBS’s “Face The Nation,” former CIA deputy director Mike Morell said, “‘I think we are going to see a Paris-style attack here. We need to be prepared for that.” Follow Pam Key on Twitter @pamkeyNEN

Friday on CBS’s “Evening News,” the former acting director of the CIA, Mike Morell, said al Qaeda in Yemen, who directed the Paris terror attacks on Charlie Hebdo this week, is a credible and dangerous threat to America. Morell said,