Michael Hayden
Michael Hayden
Michael Vincent Haydenis a retired United States Air Force four-star general and former Director of the National Security Agency, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Hayden currently co-chairs the Bipartisan Policy Center's Electric Grid Cyber Security Initiative...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth17 March 1945
CountryUnited States of America
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When I was at the CIA I asked my civilian advisory board to tackle some tough questions. Among the toughest: In a political culture that every day demands more transparency and more public accountability from every aspect of national life, could American intelligence continue to survive and succeed? That jury is still out.
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This program has been successful in detecting and preventing attacks inside the United States.
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The use of these techniques against these terrorists made us safer. It really did work.
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There is no part of the executive branch that more exists on the outer edge of executive prerogative than the American intelligence community - the intelligence community, CIA, covert action. My literal responsibility as director of CIA with regard to covert action was to inform the Congress - not to seek their approval, to inform.