🚀 go-pugleaf

This mother fucker knew Snowden was about to drop the dime.

He cut and ran.

The CIA�s deputy director is retiring after 33 years in the 
intelligence business.

�While I have given everything I have to the Central 
IntelligenceAgency and its vital mission for a third of a 
century, it is now time for me to give everything I have to my 
family,� said Michael Morell in a statement.

�Whenever someone involved in the rough and tumble of Washington 
decides to move on, there is speculation in various quarters 
about the �real reason,�� Morell said. �But when I say that it 
is time for my family, nothing could be more real than that.�

Some members of Congress have criticized Morell for actions in 
the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attack on a U.S. facility in 
Benghazi, Libya, including the editing of �talking points� used 
to describe the incident.

CIA Director John Brennan praised Morell for his service, saying 
he �has tackled some of the toughest assignments that CIA has to 
offer: presidential briefer, associate deputy director, director 
for intelligence, deputy director, and -- toughest of all -- 
acting director.

�In each case, Michael�s devotion to the men and women of the 
agency, our intelligence mission, and to a job well done has 
been exemplary,� Brennan said.

Morell had served as acting director of the CIA after the sudden 
departure in November of David Petraeus over an extramarital 
affair. Obama considered Morell for the top CIA spot, but 
nominated long-time counterterrorism aide Brennan in January.

Morell will be replaced by Avril Haines, currently a legal 
adviser at the National Security Council.

http://www.freep.com/article/20130612/NEWS07/306120149/CIA-
Deputy-Director-Michael-Morell-is-resigning