The thing we've learned from the last 20 years of counterterrorism is the significant value you get from removing leadership from the battlefield in degrading the organization. — Michael Morell Copy Share Image
I'm concerned, too, about ISIS' ability, right, to infiltrate people. But we have got some very effective, robust processes for vetting people. We brought… — Michael Morell Copy Share
The [Edward] Snowden disclosures created this perception that people's privacy was being put at significant risk. — Michael Morell Copy Share
If you were watching CNN, they were saying the NSA is listening to your phone calls. It's reading your emails. When you call your… — Michael Morell Copy Share
One great lesson from history we need to keep on re-learning. It is that sometimes your adversaries tell you exactly what they're going to… — Michael Morell Copy Share
What I want you to know is that ‘Zero Dark Thirty' is a dramatization, not a realistic portrayal of the facts, — Michael Morell Copy Share
You have to have a military and intelligence approach to removing leadership that results in rapid frequent removals from the battlefield. It's got to… — Michael Morell Copy Share
Donald Trump didn't even understand, right, that [Vladimir] Putin was playing him. So, in Putin's mind, I have no doubt that Putin thinks that… — Michael Morell Copy Share
I want the vetting to be solid. But I also want to bring these people in because not bringing them in sends a message,… — Michael Morell Copy Share
As far as Paris goes, we don't know for sure yet how these guys communicate among themselves and how they communicated back to the… — Michael Morell Copy Share
Do I believe Edward Snowden contributed to the rise of ISIS? Yes. Would they have gotten there without the help he provided them? Probably.… — Michael Morell Copy Share
[Hillary Clinton] never misused [ information that the Central Intelligence Agency has]. She always protected it. I would trust her with the crown jewels… — Michael Morell Copy Share
Companies made these decisions about encryption when they were finding it very difficult to sell their products overseas because the [Edward] Snowden disclosures created… — Michael Morell Copy Share
One of the lessons we've learned from the last 25 years of terrorism is that groups that have safe havens are able to develop… — Michael Morell Copy Share
Intelligence officers are supposed to put the facts on the table and really walk away from the policy discussion. — Michael Morell Copy Share
Look at it from [Vladimir] Putin's perspective, right. He's a trained intelligence officer, worked for the KGB, very talented, manipulated people much smarter than… — Michael Morell Copy Share
