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 Image
The [Edward] Snowden disclosures created this perception that people's privacy was being put at significant risk. — Michael Morell Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
[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 Image
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 Image
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