The Secret Is Out! Sir John Scarlett Makes Appearance at the Schar School

More than 80 students, faculty, and staff members turned out on a Monday afternoon in October to hear a wide-ranging exchange between former acting director of the CIA Michael Morell and Sir John Scarlett, the former head of the British Secret Intelligence Service—MI6—at George Mason University’s Arlington Campus auditorium. Morell is now a distinguished visiting fellow at the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security at the Schar School of Policy and Government.

The 90-minute, off-the-record conversation on October 21 with Scarlett took in highlights of his career, his current thoughts on historic events, and his opinions of present-day intelligence in world affairs.

—Buzz McClain