Reporter’s Notebook: Ex-CIA Official Talks About Bin Laden, Drones and Bad Intelligence

Former Deputy CIA director Michael Morell was a willing witness to some of the greatest events in my generation, and an unwilling participant in others. He stood next to President Bush on September 11, 2001; he was beside CIA Director Leon Panetta during the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden; and at times he was at the center of the political firestorm surrounding the 2012 Benghazi attack. Morrell spent more than 30 years with the CIA – including stints as its acting director – so the...

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