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 ISIS leadership in Iraq and Syria, but I'm fairly confident we're going to learn they used… — 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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