Michael Morell
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Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Acting |
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In office November 9, 2012 – March 8, 2013 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | David Petraeus |
| Succeeded by | John Brennan |
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In office July 1, 2011 – September 6, 2011 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Leon Panetta |
| Succeeded by | David Petraeus |
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In office May 6, 2010 – August 9, 2013 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Stephen Kappes |
| Succeeded by | Avril Haines |
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Michael Joseph Morell September 4, 1958 Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Independent |
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University of Akron (BA) Georgetown University (MA) |
Michael Joseph Morell (born September 4, 1958) is an American intelligence analyst. He served as the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency as well as its acting director twice, first in 2011 and then from 2012 to 2013. Since November 2013, he has been a Senior Counselor to Beacon Global Strategies LLC. He is a critic of the Senate Intelligence Committee's 2014 report on the CIA's use of enhanced interrogation techniques, which many consider to be torture, and is also a proponent of the CIA's targeted killings by drones.
The son of an autoworker, Morell is a native of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and went to Saint Joseph's School and Cuyahoga Falls High School there. His formal education includes a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Akron and an Master of Arts from Georgetown University, both in economics. He joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1980.
Most of Morell's early work in the agency was devoted to Asian projects. Later in his career, he managed the staff that produced the President's Daily Brief and he was the Executive Assistant to DCI George Tenet. Morell was also Bush’s briefer during the September 11, 2001, attacks, and, when asked by Bush who was responsible, Morell said "I would bet my children's future that the trail would lead to the doorstep of Usama bin Ladin and al Qa'ida". Later, as deputy director, Morell would be a trusted advisor to President Barack Obama in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011. Before his 2010 nomination as Deputy Director, he served as Director for Intelligence, a position he had held since 2008. He served as the CIA's Associate Deputy Director from 2006 to 2008.
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