Michael Morell

I'm concerned, too, about ISIS' ability, right, to infiltrate people. But we have got some very effective, robust processes for vetting people.…

— Michael Morell

The [Edward] Snowden disclosures created this perception that people's privacy was being put at significant risk.

— Michael Morell

If you were watching CNN, they were saying the NSA is listening to your phone calls. It's reading your emails. When you…

— Michael Morell

One great lesson from history we need to keep on re-learning. It is that sometimes your adversaries tell you exactly what they're…

— Michael Morell

What I want you to know is that ‘Zero Dark Thirty' is a dramatization, not a realistic portrayal of the facts,

— Michael Morell

You have to have a military and intelligence approach to removing leadership that results in rapid frequent removals from the battlefield. It's…

— Michael Morell

Donald Trump didn't even understand, right, that [Vladimir] Putin was playing him. So, in Putin's mind, I have no doubt that Putin…

— Michael Morell

I want the vetting to be solid. But I also want to bring these people in because not bringing them in sends…

— Michael Morell

As far as Paris goes, we don't know for sure yet how these guys communicate among themselves and how they communicated back…

— Michael Morell

Do I believe Edward Snowden contributed to the rise of ISIS? Yes. Would they have gotten there without the help he provided…

— Michael Morell

[Hillary Clinton] never misused [ information that the Central Intelligence Agency has]. She always protected it. I would trust her with the…

— Michael Morell

Companies made these decisions about encryption when they were finding it very difficult to sell their products overseas because the [Edward] Snowden…

— Michael Morell

One of the lessons we've learned from the last 25 years of terrorism is that groups that have safe havens are able…

— Michael Morell

Intelligence officers are supposed to put the facts on the table and really walk away from the policy discussion.

— Michael Morell

Look at it from [Vladimir] Putin's perspective, right. He's a trained intelligence officer, worked for the KGB, very talented, manipulated people much…

— Michael Morell

From Mr. [Donald] Trump's perspective, right, he simply heard [Vladimir] Putin compliment him. He then responded by complimenting him. He never thought…

— Michael Morell

The one thing that struck me right off the bat was what Donald Trump said about Benghazi.There is this view out there…

— Michael Morell

[Vladimir Putin] complimented him. That led Donald Trump to then compliment Vladimir Putin and to defend Vladimir Putin's actions in a number…

— Michael Morell

ISIS went to school on how we were collecting intelligence on terrorist organizations by using telecommunications technologies. And when they learned that…

— Michael Morell

The thing we've learned from the last 20 years of counterterrorism is the significant value you get from removing leadership from the…

— Michael Morell

I worked with [Hillary Clinton] for four years very closely when she was secretary of state and I was at the CIA.…

— Michael Morell

As the briefer, my job is to carry CIA`s best information and best analysis to the president of the United States and…

— Michael Morell