Michael Morell Quotes

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.

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

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

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

As the briefer, my job is to carry CIA's best information and best analysis to the president of the United States and make sure he understands it.

[Vladimir Putin] complimented him. That led Donald Trump to then compliment Vladimir Putin and to defend Vladimir Putin's actions in a number of places around the world.

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