Michael Morell

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Michael Morell, 2013

Michael Joseph Morell (born September 4, 1958 in Cuyahoga Falls , Ohio ) is a former Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (DD / CIA). Following the resignation of Leon Panetta in 2011 and General David Petraeus the following year, he was also acting director of the Central Intelligence Agency (D / CIA) for a short time twice .

Life

Morell began his career with the CIA in 1980 as an international energy analyst . From 1999 he was head of the Asia, Pacific, South America department. He also managed the team that produced the daily report for US President George W. Bush . From 2006 to 2008 he was the first Associate Deputy Director of the CIA, from 2008 to 2010 Director for Intelligence at the National Counterterrorism Center . From May 2010 he was Deputy CIA Director, successor to Stephen Kappes . From July 1 to September 6, 2011 he was acting director for the first time. After the CIA director General David Petraeus resigned because of a sex affair, Morell took over the acting post on November 9, 2012 again.

In the meantime, Morell himself had been traded as a possible successor for Petraeus. Morell was criticized in 2012 for his role in the case of the Benghazi attack on the US embassy in Libya . Morell is said to have influenced drafting drafts for government and congress members to downplay the role of Islamic terrorists in the attack. In January 2013 he resigned as acting CIA director, and in June as deputy CIA director. Since March 2013, John O. Brennan headed the CIA, a former security advisor to US President Obama. Morell left the CIA after 33 years on the grounds that he wanted more time to spend with his family. In the following years, Morell worked as a security advisor in the White House. President Obama appointed him to be a member of his Advisory Intelligence Council.

He was succeeded by lawyer Avril Haines , the first time a woman was appointed to the post of deputy CIA director.

Web links

Commons : Michael Morell  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Acting Director of the Central Intelligence Agency: Who Is Michael Morell? allgov.com, accessed August 22, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Sebastian Fischer, Max Gebauer: Spiegel Online on November 10, 2012: The deep fall of the great general. Retrieved November 10, 2012 .
  3. ^ CIA director David Petraeus resigns over 'unacceptable' extramarital affair , guardian.co.uk , November 9, 2012
  4. ^ Former Baltimore resident named No. 2 at CIA , Baltimore Sun, online June 13, 2013, accessed August 8, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Morell, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morell, Michael Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American intelligence officer and CIA director
DATE OF BIRTH 4th September 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Cuyahoga Falls , Ohio, USA