You had how many years in the cia . Captures the second half of my career. Was entirely focused around the terrorism question, first with al qaeda than at the end with isis. It captures what i did every day for 18 of those 33 years. The most important piece of this to me is the last chapter which talks about the commitment and and amazing work that the men and women of the cia do every day and the sacrifices that they make, from the family beingices all the way to lost on the battlefield. And how we deal with that at the agency. This was a lifes work, in some sense. I wrote it very quickly. My heart is in there, my soul is in there. I really hope you all enjoy it. You also talk about National Security threat. Give your sense based on the career you have had, the make, theons you research and data you look at. Threats tosee the the United States today . Into twoivide things categories. National security threats, those people who are actually trying andarm us in some way, those issues th
Military solution to that is because a military solution would end up with the destruction of the Syrian Military, the Syrian Security services, the Syrian Intelligence services, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, the syrian police. And if you destroy all of those in an attempt to end the civil war, you are left with a complete vacuum, security vacuum, stability vacuum. You end up with libya. Rose mike morell for the hour next. Rose funding for charlie rose has been provided by the following and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose mike morell is here. Hes a former acting and Deputy Director of the cia, also a kricter to the cbs news but resigned in order to endorse Hillary Clinton. Post recently he wrote an op ed in the New York Times arguing that donald trump poses a throat to our net security if elected president. His book w s released in
Military solution to that is because a military solution would end up with the destruction of the Syrian Military, the Syrian Security services, the Syrian Intelligence services, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, the syrian police. And if you destroy all of those in an attempt to end the civil war, you are left with a complete vacuum, security vacuum, stability vacuum. You end up with libya. Rose mike morell for the hour next. Rose funding for charlie rose has been provided by the following and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose mike morell is here. Hes a former acting and Deputy Director of the cia, also a kricter to the cbs news but resigned in order to endorse Hillary Clinton. Post recently he wrote an op ed in the New York Times arguing that donald trump poses a throat to our net security if elected president. His book w s released in
Mike 33. This book captures the second half of my career. Which was entirely focused around the terrorism question, first with al qaeda than at the end with isis. It captures what i did every day for 18 of those 33 years. The most important piece of this to me is the last chapter which talks about the commitment and dedication and amazing work that the men and women of the cia do every day and the sacrifices that they make, from the family sacrifices all the way to being lost on the battlefield. And how we deal with that at the agency. So, this was a lifes work, in some sense. I wrote it very quickly. My heart is in there, my soul is in there. I really hope you all enjoy it. Charlie you also talk about National Security threat. Give your sense based on the career you have had, the conversations you make, the research and data you look at. How do you see the threats to the United States today . Mike i divide things into two categories. National security threats, those people who are act
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Morel is here. He was Deputy Director of the cia and twice served as acting director during that time. President obama vowed to destroy isis in syria and iraq. He said that the u. S. Would not take on the terrorists alone and promised the military audience they would not return to direct combat. Representatives voted to authorize funds to arm the Free Syrian Army. I am pleased to have mike morrell back at this table. First of allicture these groups and why we have come to single out isis and the threat they pose. At the moment there are a number of Al Qaeda Groups in the to thehat pose a threat u. S. , to the homeland. Al qaeda in yemen is at the top of the list. The last three attempted attacks on the homeland came out of yemen. Christmas day bomber, 2009. Printer cartridge plot, 2010. To bring down cargo planes. 2011 am a nonmetallic suicide vest to bring down aircraft. You have a qaeda al qaedas central leadership in afghanist