When Michael Morell turned in his badge at CIA HQ at Langley he stapled a coupla head shots to his CV and took the shuttle up to Charlie Rose’s studio in New York City.
Michael’s made for quite a comfy fit with Charlie and the news crews over at 51 West 52nd.
Morning’s finds Michael chatting with Charlie and Gail and Norah on the CBS Morning Show. Dinner time’s he joins our pal Scott Pelley on the the CBS Evening News.
Michael is given all of maybe 50 seconds with Scott across the Anchor Desk. Scott advises viewers Michael’s gonna provide some context to some event that’s captured everybody’s attention in the Middle East – in those 50 seconds. The context invariably wraps itself around some strong corrective for any American turbulence in event interpretation.
Michael is the CIA’s resident Desk Guy at CBS.
Informative – yes – but not so much in the manner of say a Col. Jack Jacobs. Where Michael Morell wants to keep all the Washington talking heads on the same page – well Col. Jacobs he’s gonna tell you when a Bush or an Obama screws it all up.
To enter into a Rose-Morell sit down is to enter into the dynamic real time flow of military strategic planning on the political level.
Heads up on Michael Morell over at CBS
