http://scotthorton.org/interviews/2016/08/24/82416-ray-mcgovern/
(minute 1:00 to 28:00)
“In the middle of the night, right.” And this fellow Morell was acting CIA director? Twice? Quick! Someone tell him to re-read the children’s book, “Things That Go Bump in the Night” and make sure he knows that such “things” are likely to include Russian air defense missiles in Syria – yes, even in the middle of the night.
But these would be teensy weensy strikes, says Morell, seemingly modeled after those blitz panty-raids at the University of Akron, back in the day. Morell is talking about:
“… very, very, very limited U.S. airstrikes against those assets that are extremely important to Assad personally. So, in the middle of the night you destroy one of his offices; … You take out his presidential aircraft, his presidential helicopters, in the middle of the night, right.”
All of this, as Charlie Rose looks on in rapt attention before Morell – one of his favorite interviewees. (It’s not clear how many get do-overs.) It was Morell’s August 5 NY Times op-ed bearing the title “I Ran the C.I.A. Now I’m Endorsing Hillary Clinton” that caught Charlie’s eye. He gave Morell an hour on August 8 – and then a do-over hour on August 17. The “middle-of-the-night” stratagem was highlighted both times. (Hopefully, neither the Syrians nor the Russians were watching.)
Scott Horton and Ray were probably a bit too jocular – given the seriousness of the subject and the risks involved in such harebrained schemes. Ray tried not to think of how Syrian and Russian defense officials might already be laying plans against the day that Morell succeeds in his transparent audition to join a very-tough-guy-very-tough-gal Hillary Clinton team next year.