
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn. speaks with reporters on Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, following a closed meeting with UN Ambassador Susan Rice, and acting CIA Director Michael Morell. Rice is considered a likely choice to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state, but she has been sharply criticized by GOP lawmakers about comments she made following the deadly Sept. 11 attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Acting CIA Director Michael Morell, center, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, for a closed-door meeting with UN Ambassador Susan Rice who could find her name in contention as early as this week to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state. Rice has been criticized by some GOP senators for her comments following the deadly Sept. 11 attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell, center, arrives for a closed door Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing to discuss the September 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and the intelligence and security situation in other Arab Spring countries at the Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 15, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell, center, arrives for a closed door Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing to discuss the September 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and the intelligence and security situation in other Arab Spring countries at the Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 15, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell, center, arrives for a closed door Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing to discuss the September 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and the intelligence and security situation in other Arab Spring countries at the Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 15, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Acting CIA Director Michael Morell arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, for a closed Senate Foreign Relations briefing on the attacks in Benghazi, Libya. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Acting CIA Director Michael Morell (in red tie) is surrounded by security as he arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, for a closed Senate Foreign Relations briefing on the attacks in Benghazi, Libya. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Acting CIA Director Michael Morell (in red tie) is escorted past a gauntlet of reporters as he arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, for a closed Senate Foreign Relations briefing on the attacks in Benghazi, Libya. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)