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Michael Morell

マイケル・モレル　/　まいける・もれる

American politician

September 4, 1958 (age 67)　・　Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, United States

Ohio
politician
intelligence officer
spy

My Take

Michael Morell occupies the opposite end of celebrity from most names in this database, and that contrast is exactly why he interests me. Rising from Cuyahoga Falls and the University of Akron to deputy director of the CIA, serving twice as acting director and briefing presidents, he spent a career reading the world's hidden machinery while the rest of us slept. There is something deeply respectable about that kind of unglamorous, high-stakes service. Now teaching policy and government, he is passing hard-won judgment to the next generation. The most consequential people are rarely the most visible, and Morell embodies that truth.

Overview

Michael Joseph Morell (; born September 4, 1958) is an American former career intelligence analyst. He was the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2010 to 2013 and twice as its acting director, first in 2011 and then from 2012 to 2013. He is also a professor at the George Mason University - Schar School of Policy and Government. As a CIA analyst he was presidential daily briefer to George W.

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1. Profile

Name (English): Michael Morell
Name (Japanese): マイケル・モレル
Reading: まいける・もれる
Born: September 4, 1958 (age 67)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Dog
Origin: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: politician / intelligence officer / spy / university teacher

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Cuyahoga Falls High School
University: University of Akron

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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