Breaking: Morell Out as Biden's CIA Chief

Critics accused the former acting director of being an apologist for CIA 'torture'

Dec 23, 2020

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Michael Morell, long considered a shoo-in to be President-elect Joseph Biden’s CIA director, has withdrawn his candidacy after weeks of sharp criticism from critics who painted him as an apologist for torture carried out under agency’s counterterrorism interrogation program.

News of Morell’s alleged withdrawal was first reported in the anonymous “Dead Dr…

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