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</div><div class="dek" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0.5em;">On "Hardball," Michael Morell concedes the Bush administration misled the nation into the Iraq War.</div>By <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/authors/david-corn" rel="author">David Corn</a> | Tue May. 19, 2015 7:25 PM EDT<hr class="print-hr" style="height: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: gray; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" /><div class="print-content" style="line-height: 1.8em; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><div id="node-275546" class="node node-type-html node-type-article-full"><div class="node-inner clear-block"><div class="content clear-block"><div class="field field-type-text field-field-social-title"><div class="field-label" style="font-weight: bold;">Social Title: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd">George W. Bush's CIA briefer says Bush and Cheney falsely presented WMD intelligence to public</div></div></div><div class="field field-type-text field-field-short-body"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd">For a dozen years, the Bush-Cheney crowd have been trying to escape—or cover up—an essential fact of the W. years: President George Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, and their lieutenants misled the American public about the WMD threat supposedly posed by Saddam Hussein in order to grease the way to the invasion of Iraq. For Bush, Cheney, and the rest, this endeavor is fundamental; it is necessary to protect the legitimacy of the Bush II presidency. Naturally, Karl Rove and other Bushies have quickly tried to douse the <a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/03/17/can-the-bush-lied-deniers-handle-the-truth/" target="blank">Bush-lied-us-into-war fire</a>[1] whenever such flames have appeared. And in recent days, as Jeb Bush bumbled a question about the Iraq War, he and other GOPers have peddled the <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/05/jeb-bush-marco-rubio-iraq-war-intelligence" target="blank">fictitious tale</a> [2] that his brother launched the invasion because he was presented lousy intelligence. But now there's a new witness who will make the Bush apologists' mission even more impossible: Michael Morell, a longtime CIA official who eventually became the agency's deputy director and acting director. During the preinvasion period, he served as Bush's intelligence briefer.Appearing on MSNBC's Hardball on Tuesday night, Morell made it clear: The Bush-Cheney administration publicly misrepresented the intelligence related to Iraq's supposed WMD program and Saddam's alleged links to Al Qaeda.</div></div></div><div class="field field-type-text field-field-article-text"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd">Host Chris Matthews asked Morell about a statement Cheney made in 2003: "We know he [Saddam Hussein] has been absolutely devoted to trying to acquire nuclear weapons. And we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons." Here's the conversation that followed:<blockquote>MATTHEWS: Was that true?MORELL: We were saying—MATTHEWS: Can you answer that question? Was that true?MORELL: That's not true.MATTHEWS: Well, why'd you let them get away with it?MORELL: Look, my job Chris—MATTHEWS: You're the briefer for the president on intelligence, you're the top person to go in and tell him what's going on. You see Cheney make this charge he's got a nuclear bomb and then they make subsequent charges he knew how to deliver it…and nobody raised their hand and said, "No that's not what we told him."MORELL: Chris, Chris Chris, what's my job, right? My job—MATTHEWS: To tell the truth.MORELL: My job—no, as the briefer? As the briefer?MATTHEWS: Okay, go ahead.MORELL: As the briefer, my job is to carry CIA's best information and best analysis to the president of the United States and make sure he understands it. My job is to not watch what they're saying on TV.</blockquote>The discussion went on:<blockquote>MATTHEWS: So you're briefing the president on the reasons for war, they're selling the war, using your stuff, saying you made that case when you didn't. So they're using your credibility to make the case for war dishonestly, as you just admitted.MORELL: Look, I'm just telling you—MATTHEWS: You just admitted it.MORELL: I'm just telling you what we said—MATTHEWS: They gave a false presentation of what you said to them.MORELL: On some aspects. On some aspects.</blockquote>There's the indictment, issued by the intelligence officer who briefed Bush and Cheney: The Bush White House made a "false presentation" on "some aspects" of the case for war. "That's a big deal," Matthews exclaimed. Morell replied, "It's a big deal."And there's more. Referring to the claims made by Bush, Cheney, and other administration officials that Saddam was in league with Al Qaeda, Morell noted, "What they were saying about the link between Iraq and Al Qaeda publicly was not what the intelligence community" had concluded. He added, "I think they were trying to make a stronger case for the war." That is, stronger than the truth would allow.Morell's remarks support the basic charge: Bush and Cheney were not misled by flawed intelligence; they used the flawed intelligence to mislead.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><hr class="print-hr" style="height: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: gray; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" /><div class="print-source_url" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Source URL: <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/05/michael-morell-bush-cheney-iraq-war">http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/05/michael-morell-bush-cheney-iraq-war</a></div><div class="print-links" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Links:
[1] http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/03/17/can-the-bush-lied-deniers-handle-the-truth/
[2] http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/05/jeb-bush-marco-rubio-iraq-war-intelligence</div><div>
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</div><div>Michael Joseph Morell (born September 4, 1958) was the deputy director of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Central Intelligence Agency</a> and served as acting director twice in 2011 and from 2012 to 2013. Morell retired from his post on August 9, 2013, to devote more time to his family and to pursue other professional opportunities. As of 2014, Morell is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS_News" title="CBS News" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">CBS News</a>' Senior Security Correspondent.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a>Morell's 2015 book is The Great War of Our Time; The CIA's Fight Against Terrorism--From al Qa'ida to ISIS.<div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; display: table; zoom: 1; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="color: black; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Contents</h2>  [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell#" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">hide</a>] </div><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell#Early_life_and_education" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1 Early life and education</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell#Career" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2 Career</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell#References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3 References</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">4 External links</a></li></ul></div><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Early life and education[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Morell&action=edit&section=1&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Early life and education" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>Morell is a native of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuyahoga_Falls,Ohio" title="Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Cuyahoga Falls</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Ohio</a>. He went to Saint Joseph's School in Cuyahoga Falls. His formal education includes a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">B.A.</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics" title="Economics" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">economics</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Akron" title="University of Akron" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">University of Akron</a> and an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">M.A.</a> in economics from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown_University" title="Georgetown University" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Georgetown University</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell#cite_note-Dyer-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[2]</a> He joined the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA" title="CIA" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">CIA</a> in 1980. He was chief of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA" title="CIA" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">CIA</a>'s division on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia" title="Asia" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Asia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific" title="Pacific" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Pacific</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Latin America</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell#cite_note-silobreaker-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[3]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Career[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Morell&action=edit&section=2&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Career" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>Most of Morell's work in the agency was devoted to Asian projects.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell#cite_note-Dyer-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a> He also managed the staff that produced the Presidential Daily Briefings for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W.Bush" title="George W. Bush" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">George W. Bush</a>. Morell was Bush’s briefer during the September 11, 2001, attacks, and has been quoted as saying, "I would bet every dollar I have that it’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Qaeda" title="Al Qaeda" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">al Qaeda</a>." Furthermore, Morell was a trusted asset to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Barack H. Obama</a> in the Osama bin Laden raid on May 2, 2011.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell#cite_note-Dyer-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell#cite_note-silobreaker-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a> Before his 2010 nomination as deputy director, Morell served as director for intelligence, a position he had held since 2008. Before that, he served as the CIA's first associate deputy director from 2006 to 2008.In May 2010, Morell was sworn in as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deputy_Director_of_the_Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">deputy director of the CIA</a>, succeeding <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Kappes" title="Stephen Kappes" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Stephen Kappes</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a> From July 1, 2011, to September 6, 2011, he served his first stint as acting director of the Central Intelligence Agency, replacing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Panetta" title="Leon Panetta" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Leon Panetta</a> who was named as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">secretary of defense</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a> On November 9, 2012, Morell once again became acting director after the resignation of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Petraeus" title="David Petraeus" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">David Petraeus</a>, following a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petraeus_scandal" title="Petraeus scandal" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">sex scandal</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[6]</a> President Obama chose <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_O.Brennan" title="John O. Brennan" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">John Brennan</a> as Director; he was confirmed by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.Senate" title="U.S. Senate" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">U.S. Senate</a> by 63 to 34 vote on March 5, 2013.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[7]</a>Morell announced his retirement from the CIA on June 12, 2013.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[8]</a> In November, 2013, he joined Beacon Global Strategies as a Senior Counselor.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[9]</a>In January, 2014, Morell joined CBS News as a contributor in intelligence and national security.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[10]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">References[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Morell&action=edit&section=3&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2><div class="reflist" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); list-style-type: decimal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><ol class="references" style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: inherit;"><li id="cite_note-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell#cite_ref-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up^{</a> }<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/01/michael-morell-joins-cbs-news-181573.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/01/michael-morell-joins-cbs-news-181573.html</a></li><li id="cite_note-Dyer-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">^ <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell#cite_ref-Dyer_2-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up to:a</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell#cite_ref-Dyer_2-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">b</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell#cite_ref-Dyer_2-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">c</a> Dyer, Bob (2006-08-17). "Here's the dossier on new No. 3 guy at the CIA: Cuyahoga Falls native, UA grad says spy agency wasn't part of original career plan.". <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akron_Beacon_Journal" title="Akron Beacon Journal" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Akron Beacon Journal</a>. Ohio.<span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMichael+Morell&rft.atitle=Here%27s+the+dossier+on+new+No.+3+guy+at+the+CIA%3A+Cuyahoga+Falls+native%2C+UA+grad+says+spy+agency+wasn%27t+part+of+original+career+plan.&rft.au=Dyer%2C+Bob&rft.aufirst=Bob&rft.aulast=Dyer&rft.date=2006-08-17&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Akron+Beacon+Journal.++Ohio&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-silobreaker-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">^ <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell#cite_ref-silobreaker_3-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up to:a</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell#cite_ref-silobreaker_3-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">b</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://beta.silobreaker.com/FactSheetReader.aspx?Item=5_614014976" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">"Biography for Michael Morell"</a>. Silobreaker. 2006-07-24. Retrieved 2007-07-21.<span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMichael+Morell&rft.atitle=Biography+for+Michael+Morell&rft.date=2006-07-24&rft.genre=article&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbeta.silobreaker.com%2FFactSheetReader.aspx%3FItem%3D5_614014976&rft.jtitle=Silobreaker&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell#cite_ref-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up^{</a> }<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/14/cia-deputy-director-steps-down/?hpt=T2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">"CIA deputy director steps down"</a>. CNN. April 14, 2010. Retrieved 2012-11-09.<span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMichael+Morell&rft.btitle=CIA+deputy+director+steps+down&rft.date=April+14%2C+2010&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.blogs.cnn.com%2F2010%2F04%2F14%2Fcia-deputy-director-steps-down%2F%3Fhpt%3DT2&rft.pub=CNN&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell#cite_ref-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up^{</a> }<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/leadership/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">"Leadership"</a>. Central Intelligence Agency. 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CNN. November 9, 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-09.<span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMichael+Morell&rft.btitle=CIA+director+David+Petraeus+resigns+over+extramarital+affair&rft.date=November+9%2C+2012&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.blogs.cnn.com%2F2012%2F11%2F09%2Fsource-cia-director-david-petraeus-submits-resignation-over-extra-marital-affair%2F&rft.pub=CNN&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell#cite_ref-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up^{</a> }Finn, Peter; Blake, Aaron (7 March 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rand-paul-says-hes-satisfied-with-obama-administrations-response-on-drones/2013/03/07/9b20aa44-875d-11e2-98a3-b3db6b9ac586_story.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">"John Brennan confirmed as CIA director, but filibuster brings scrutiny of drone program"</a>. Washington Post.<span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMichael+Morell&rft.atitle=John+Brennan+confirmed+as+CIA+director%2C+but+filibuster+brings+scrutiny+of+drone+program&rft.au=Blake%2C+Aaron&rft.au=Finn%2C+Peter&rft.aufirst=Peter&rft.aulast=Finn&rft.date=7+March+2013&rft.genre=article&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Frand-paul-says-hes-satisfied-with-obama-administrations-response-on-drones%2F2013%2F03%2F07%2F9b20aa44-875d-11e2-98a3-b3db6b9ac586_story.html&rft.jtitle=Washington+Post&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morell#cite_ref-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up^{</a> }<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/06/12/191061035/reports-cia-deputy-director-michael-morell-resigns" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">"Reports: CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell Retires"</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPR" title="NPR" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">NPR</a>. 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Retrieved January 14, 2014.<span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMichael+Morell&rft.atitle=Reports%3A+Michael+Morell+Joins+CBS+News&rft.date=January+14%2C+2014&rft.genre=article&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fblogs%2Fmedia%2F2014%2F01%2Fmichael-morell-joins-cbs-news-181573.html&rft.jtitle=Politico&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal" class="Z3988" /></li></ol></div><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">External links</h2></div><div>=On Monday, several mainstream media outlets repeated the <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bulletin-warns-heightened-threat-isis-attack-july-4th/story?id=32102380" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(241, 96, 44); text-decoration: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">latest press release</a>by the FBI that country was under a new “heightened terror alert” from “ISIL-inspired attacks” “leading up to the July 4th weekend.” One of the more sensational outlets, CNN, led with the breathless warning on several of its cable programs, complete with a <a href="http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2015/06/29/fourth-of-july-terror-attacks-alert-sciutto-dnt-lead.cnn" target="blank" title="CNN: Officials warn of potential 4th of July terror attacks" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(241, 96, 44); text-decoration: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">special report</a> by The Lead’s Jim Sciutto in primetime:The threat was given extra credence when former CIA director—and consultant at DC PR firm Beacon Global Strategies—Michael Morell went on CBS This Morning (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fexCTe13wFc" target="blank" title="YouTube: CBS This Morning" style="color: rgb(241, 96, 44); text-decoration: none;">6/29/15</a>) and scared the ever-living bejesus out of everyone by saying he “wouldn’t be surprised if we were sitting [in the studio] next week discussing an attack on the US.” The first piece of evidence Morell used to justify his apocalyptic posture, the “50 ISIS arrests,” was accompanied by a scary map on the CBS jumbotron showing “ISIS arrests” all throughout the US... see anti-muslim</div><div></div></div>