Question and give us your name, and the issue. We all remember may 2, 2011, the day Osama Bin Laden was killed in pakistan. What are some of the other cias counterterrorism successes and failures over the last 20 years . Our guest today, mike morell, is a good person to answer that question because he was probably involved with most, if not all of them. Michael morell is one of the countrys most renowned individuals. He served as the cia director or and twice as the acting director. Mr. Morell played a central role in this countrys fight against terrorism and he has over 30 years with the agency. He participated in the deliberations that led to the raid and killing of bin laden in 2011. Since november 2013 mr. Morell has been a senior counselor at deakin global strategies, llc. Again, welcome, mr. Morell. Mike morell great to be here. Thank you. Keith hill as i mentioned before, the question as to some of the other successes and failures of the cia in the counterterrorism area over the
There are two aspects to it. One is the intelligence piece of it which was helping him. It literally took us nine years to find him. The particular thread that led us to that compound to nine years and there are various aspects to and we talk about all of them in the book there is the finding him which is an intelligent story and then there is a operation itself which is obviously an intelligence and military story. I was heavily involved in the first and significantly involved in the second. There was a next was a published saying the Pakistani Military and intelligence knew about the raid beforehand. Any comments on that . He alleges a lot of things in this london review of books. The pakistanis were keeping them prisoner at the compound, he alleges. He alleges we learned about in london about bin ladens presents from a senior pakistani walking into the embassy in islamabad and telling us that in return for 25 million. He alleges the pakistanis were aware were going to do the raid an
And take the success after the surge and turn it into the chaos it is today . So ill be interested, mr. Speaker, in the days ahead as people seek to lead this country to find out which leaders would have gone ahead into iraq knowing the chaos they would create in the subsequent administration. With that i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. Does the gentleman have a motion . Mr. Gohmert at this time i move that we do now hereby adjourn. The speaker pro tempore the question is on the motion to adjourn. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The motion is adopted. Accordingly, the house stands adjourned until provide services for victims. Later in the week, several science related bills. The new congressional directory is a handy guide to the 114th congress with color photos of every senator and house number plus Contact Information and twitter handles. Also, district maps, a foldout map of capitol hill and a look a
Peace . I think that we want a democratic ukraine and we want respect for international borders. The challenge is, how do you clearly articulate it and what is the strategy link to the policy . What are the methods and mechanisms used to advance that. That gets to your point and how you encourage the democratic ukraine. That is probably where the answer is and, when the linkage is correct, you will have a clearly articulated policy towards the areas. Yeah, it our second consideration came from western europe and Eastern European countries. They need to know where the u. S. Stands on a lot of things. The baltic state, it does not matter which path is chosen and they were concerned and everybody understands, if you if russia takes a next step, they need the content and the clarity. We have a couple of International Fellows saying russia is part of europe, whether we like it or not. It is. So, yeah. Good morning. I am a college grad. As a strategist, there are a couple of things and i wan
Saharan africa. A senior Army Official in burundi says president Pierre Nkurunziza has been removed. However, that statement was immediately dismissed as quote, a joke by the president s advisor. Reporter people in burundis capitol are celebrating. They have heard that the military has removed president Pierre Nkurunziza. The state broadcaster has been surrounded by soldiers. Violent scuffles have continued in the capitol since april. And in the skirmishes dozens have been killed and hundreds injured. The president s recent bid for office has caused the widespread unrest. And condemnation from african neighbors and world powers. The eac is trying to find a solution. The president is in tanzania when a former intelligence chief made the announcement. He was sacked in february but is still a powerful senior leader. He said the is committed to democracy and will form a Transitional Government to restore stability. I think many people may not be this executed about a the possibility of a c