The Man Who Tracked Down Bin Laden Reported To Be New Head Of CIA

Adam Taylor
businessinsider.com
November 10, 2012

With David Petraeus stepping down as CIA Director after reports of an extra-marital affair, we’re seeing reports that Mike Morell, currently deputy C.I.A. director, will take the job on an interim basis.

Morell’s official bio is here, but it doesn’t mention one key thing — his role in tracking Osama bin Laden.

In a Vanity Fair article about the decision to kill bin Laden, Mark Bowdon described Morell as “the head of the C.I.A.’s bin Laden team”.

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This article was posted: Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 9:24 am

Tags: domestic news, terrorism

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