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Cuyahoga Falls native becomes acting CIA director again

From Beacon Journal wire services

Mike Morell
CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell Credit Buffalo News, AP

A Cuyahoga Falls native is taking the reins at the CIA for the second time in two years.

President Barack Obama tapped the agency’s deputy director, Michael Morell, as acting director until a replacement for former CIA Director David Petraeus is found.

Morell, a graduate of the University of Akron, is a career intelligence officer who briefly served as acting director after Leon Panetta moved to the Defense Department last year.

Petraeus abruptly resigned Friday after admitting to an extramarital affair.