Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, wrote on her Facebook page bashing Morell: "It is clear that, for the CIA-man's firm, it is normal to present people as gifts and give up those who seek protection."
Morell's comments reveal an "ideology of treason" in the CIA, Zakharova concluded.
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