Ep. 96 - Michael Morell

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2016

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Michael Morell, the former acting director of the CIA, reflects on George W. Bush and Barack Obama after serving both presidents for years; shares his harrowing experience of being with President Bush on 9/11, and the subsequent decisions that he believes contributed to the invasion of Iraq; and what he sees as the most rapidly growing threat to America’s national security. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN, the Axviles, with your
0:12.5	host, David Axelrod.
0:16.0	Shortly before the presidential election, I sat down with Mike Morrell, the former acting
0:24.4	director of the CIA who had endorsed Hillary Clinton to talk about his career in the intelligence
0:31.2	agency 30 years there, his experiences through 9-11, who have been law-dinner-aid, and his
0:37.4	general sense of the world.
0:40.1	But much of this interview was predicated on an assumption, and that assumption was that
0:44.3	Hillary Clinton would be elected president.
0:47.4	So just bear that in mind as you listen to this interview and Mike Morrell's extraordinary
0:52.8	story.
1:01.5	Mike Morrell, welcome here and welcome to the Institute of Politics, where you've been
1:06.1	a splendid fellow.
1:07.1	Thank you.
1:08.1	Thank you.
1:09.1	Thank you, this quarter.
1:10.1	And, you know, in digging into your life, I look back at your youth, and it didn't point
1:18.9	to becoming sort of one of the lead intelligence officers for the United States of America.
1:27.6	Talk about growing up in Northeastern Ohio.
1:31.6	So I came from a middle-class family.
1:37.5	My father was an auto worker for Chrysler.
1:42.3	My mom was a homemaker.
1:46.7	Occasionally she would be a salad girl at a local restaurant, but then that she was home.
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