Michael Hayden

Let's Be Intelligent About Social Media Intelligence

Karthika Muthukumaraswamy | Posted 10.27.2009 | Media


Karthika Muthukumaraswamy

While increased social media use by the government for enhanced communication is great, monitoring public information that is not authorized for such purposes raises privacy concerns.

The Discreet Charms of CIA Morale

Frank Naif | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics


Frank Naif

Before Eric Holder announced his preliminary probe, and even before Barack Obama promised an end to torture and detention, morale at CIA was sagging.

Michael Hayden, Former CIA Chief: Gains From Torture "Modest"

Examiner | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics


Former Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency Director General Michael Hayden said today that an internal CIA report expected to be ...

Setting the Record Straight on Warrantless Wiretapping Program

Sen. Dianne Feinstein | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics


Sen. Dianne Feinstein

Strong intelligence tools are necessary to keep us secure. But those tools must be transparent to Congress, subject to legal review from the Executive Branch, and fully consistent with the law.

Michael Hayden: Congress Was Informed About Surveillance Program

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden angrily struck back Saturday at assertions the Bush administration's post-9/11 surveillance...

CIA Ex-Chief Hayden Blames Bloggers, Congressional Aides for Damage Caused by His Policies

Frank Naif | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics


Frank Naif

Senior intelligence community hacks like Michael Hayden and his peers are responsible for scuttling senior CIA analyst Phil Mudd's nomination to the senior DHS intelligence post.

Torture Revelations Will Leave the Left Frustrated

Sandy Goodman | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics


Sandy Goodman

The most likely outcome of this whole business will be that nobody will be punished.

Cheney Wants Documents Released, Jack The Ripper Wants Brothels Closed, Peter Luger Wants Vegan Menu...

Jerry and Joe Long | Posted 05.22.2009 | Comedy


Jerry and Joe Long

George W Bush was the laziest coward to ever hold the presidency. Cheney was and is a proactive coward. He will jettison everyone and everything to save his ass.

Refuting the Self-Fulfilling Torture Prophecy: A Response to Hayden and Mukasey

Rep. Jan Schakowsky | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics


Rep. Jan Schakowsky

Not torturing prisoners is one of our nation's proudest traditions, one of the features that define us. Yet, the men who served as CIA Director and Attorney General still believe in these techniques.

Sam Stein

Hayden: We'll Have To Clear Interrogation Practices With ACLU, New York Times (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.20.2009 | Politics


Former CIA Director Michael Hayden lashed out at the Obama administration on Sunday for releasing memos on interrogation techniques used on detainees,...

Whining CIA Officials, Leon Panetta, and Einstein's Definition of Insanity

Frank Naif | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics


Frank Naif

The CIA's spokesman came down out of his tree to let us know the CIA is not happy that everyone thinks it's an agency that could use some fixing by the likes of Leon Panetta.

What the CIA Doesn't Need You to Know

Keith Thomson | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics


Keith Thomson

CIA Director Michael Hayden is taking significant steps to soften critics of the CIA's overclassification and other obfuscations -- and perhaps even to rekindle America's confidence in the Agency.

Hayden CIA Chief Rumors Cause More Concern

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics


with John Brennan out of the picture, a more controversial contender for CIA chief has emerged: As President-elect Barack Obama continues to build hi...

Brennan Pulls Out Of Running For CIA Chief, Chides Liberal Blogs

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — John Brennan, President-elect Barack Obama's top adviser on intelligence, took his name out of the running Tuesday for any intellig...

CIA Shot Down American Missionary Plane, Repeatedly Misled Congress, Report Finds

Washington Post | Joby Warrick | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics


The CIA repeatedly misled Congress and the Justice Department in their investigations of the 2001 shoot-down of a Peruvian plane carrying U.S. mission...

CIA Chief: Bin Laden Alive, Worried About "Own Security"

ABC | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics


Osama bin Laden is alive and "putting a lot of energy into his own security," the director of the CIA, General Michael Hayden, said today. He also ...

Top Intel Officials Expect To Lose Jobs

Washington Post | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics


The nation's top two intelligence officers expect to be replaced by President-elect Barack Obama early in his administration, according to senior inte...

Obama Taps Veteran Dems For Pentagon, State Handover

Huffington Post | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics


Obama's brain trust continues to grow. The president-elect has hired former Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Sam Nunn to help shepherd his Pe...

After Brain Surgery, He's Still The Same Old Robert Novak

Sandy Goodman | Posted 10.09.2008 | Media


Sandy Goodman

His latest column shows that while Novak can be exceedingly gracious to people who helped him through his ordeal, he can still be spiteful and deceptive when it comes to those he doesn't like.

Is Terrorism Disappearing?

Bernard I. Finel | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics


Bernard I. Finel

Some say we are making great progress in the "war on terror" -- there has been some decline in the number of casualties and there is increasing debate within jihadist circles over the legitimacy of attacks.

Jason Linkins

General Hayden Revises History In Iraq

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics


We gave this particular moment some special attention on our Sunday Morning Liveblog today, but it deserves some special attention and scrutiny. We'r...

CIA Boss: Waterboarding May Be Illegal

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN and PAMELA HESS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Debate over waterboarding flared Thursday on Capitol Hill, with the CIA director raising doubts about whether it's currently legal ...

Mukasey Launches Criminal Probe Over Destroyed CIA Tapes

AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into the destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes and Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey ap...

White House Gets NYT To Change Story's Subhead

AFP | Olivier Knox | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The White House, under mounting pressure in the CIA's destruction of terrorism suspect interrogation videotapes, made an unusually aggressive push Wed...

White House Gets Paper To Change Story Subhead

The Hill | Klaus Marre | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The White House argues that the newspaper article implies that "there is an effort to mislead in this matter," adding that such a conclusion is "perni...