Breaking - CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell Resigns

[octoberlib]

The Associated Press ?@AP 14m
BREAKING: CIA deputy director Michael Morell resigns. -MM


https://twitter.com/AP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cia-deputy-director-michael-morell-resigns/2013/06/12/294b0a62-d399-11e2-b3a2-3bf5eb37b9d0_story.html

No article on this yet.

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. Wow.........

[OKNancy]

2. info

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251311163

[octoberlib]

4. Thank you! nt

[NightWatcher]

3. Spend more time with the wife and family???

Completely unrelated to all the Intel hubbub I'm sure. Apparently this was planned before aforementioned hubbub.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. Reuters reports he will joing Obama's intelligence advisory board .

No details on that yet.
so it is not exactly a "heads will roll" moment.

[flamingdem]

5. how's that for timing

??

[Hell Hath No Fury]

7. This is the most interesting little bit -

"Haines, who will succeed career officer Michael Morell on Aug. 9, has served for three years as President Obama’s deputy counsel in charge of national security issues and as legal adviser to the National Security Council."

Nice way to "plug leaks" at the CIA, no?

[Catherina]

8. No kidding

Deputy CIA Director Michael Morell to retire; To be replaced by White House counsel

Michael Morell, the Central Intelligence Agency's deputy director, is planning to retire, CIA Director John Brennan announced Wednesday, and Morell will be replaced by White House counsel Avril Haines.

"As much as I would selfishly like to keep Michael right where he is for as long as possible, he has decided to retire to spend more time with his family and to pursue other professional opportunities," Brennan said in a statement.

The White House plan to appoint Haines, Deputy Assistant to the President and Legal Adviser to the National Security Council, to succeed Morell. Brennan, in his statement said that Haines has worked closely with national security officials over the past several years. "She has participated in virtually every Deputies and Principals Committee meeting over the past two years and chairs the Lawyers’ Group that reviews the Agency’s most sensitive programs," Brennan said. Prior to her White House service, Haines worked at the State Department.

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http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/deputy-cia-director-michael-morell-retire-replaced-white-200541735.html

[Hell Hath No Fury]

9. "...and chairs the Lawyers’ Group that reviews the Agency’s most sensitive programs,"

Holy shit. Talk about stacking the deck in your favor.

[malaise]

10. Plug the leaks

immediately

[Catherina]

11. I hope there are enough lawmakers with a conscience left

to conduct honest investigations and do something about this.

[Laelth]

12. Rats jumping ship?

This is interesting.

-Laelth