Michael Hayden

Bush's CIA Director Hoped For 'Aw, Sh*t!' Moment

HuffingtonPost.com | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 05.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- During the 2008 campaign, then-Sen. Barack Obama railed against the intelligence programs implemented under President George W. Bush and...

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First Nighter: Two Shakespeare "Problem" Plays Cause Additional Problems in Central Park

David Finkle | Posted 08.30.2011

The "problem plays" Shakespeare uncorked in the early 17th century contain enough problems that there's no call for directors and players to add new ones. That, however, is what's transpiring in the Public Theater's summer 2011 Central Park offerings.

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Hayden, Chertoff Buck Republican Call To Bring Troops Home From Afghanistan

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Michael Chertoff, War on Terror, Michael Hayden, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Ayman Al-Zawahri, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman want a faster withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, and a growing nu...

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Fear Pays: Chertoff, Ex-Security Officials Slammed For Cashing In On Government Experience

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011

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After last month's plot to send bombs from Yemen to the United States aboard a cargo plane, former U.S. Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff's whi...

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Former NSA Head: Countries Spewing Cyberattacks Should Be Held Responsible

wired.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Retired General Michael Hayden, former director of the National Security Agency, said Thursday that one solution being discussed in government is to s...

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Woodward: U.S. Drones Killed Americans In Pakistan

SpyTalk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bob Woodward, Asif Ali Sardari, Cia, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Obama's Wars, George W. Bush, Pakistan, North Waziristan, Anwar Al-Awlaki, Drones, Michael Hayden, Citizens, World News

CIA drones killed "many Westerners, including some U.S. passport holders" in Pakistan's tribal area during the George W. Bush administration, the new ...

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It's Time to Admit the War on Drugs Has Failed

Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Felipe Calderon, Michael Hayden, Fernando Cardoso, Dea, Just-Say-Now, Cesar Gaviria, Marijuana-Prohibition, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Ernesto Zedillo, Politics News

Last fall, Eric Holder issued a directive that the DEA should respect state medical marijuana laws. But that directive had a lot of wiggle room and as a result the DEA's raids on medical marijuana suppliers continue.

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U.S. Military Strike On Iran Likely, Ex-CIA Chief Says

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A former CIA director says military action against Iran now seems more likely because no matter what the U.S. does diplomatically, ...

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Let's Be Intelligent About Social Media Intelligence

Karthika Muthukumaraswamy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: In-Q-Tel, Social Media, Monitoring, Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, Michael Hayden, Media News

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.

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CIA Wins Epic Turf Battle With Intelligence Czar

newsweek.com | Mark Hosenball | Posted 05.25.2011

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The CIA has decisively won a long-running turf fight with the director of national intelligence, the CIA's ostensible boss, over who will be the top U...

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Former CIA Chief: Gains From Torture "Modest"

Examiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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Setting the Record Straight on Warrantless Wiretapping Program

Sen. Dianne Feinstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, NSA Wiretapping, Michael Hayden, Nsa, Warrantless Surveillance, Domestic Spying, Politics News

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.

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Michael Hayden: Congress Was Informed About Surveillance Program

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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Torture Revelations Will Leave the Left Frustrated

Sandy Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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

Jerry and Joe Long | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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

Rep. Jan Schakowsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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What the CIA Doesn't Need You to Know

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zbigniew Brzezinski, Central Intelligence Agency, Ryszard Kuklinski, Michael Hayden, Cia, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Espionage, David Ignatius, Journalism, Soviet Union, Politics News

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.

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Hayden CIA Chief Rumors Cause More Concern

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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

Washington Post | Joby Warrick | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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

ABC | Posted 05.25.2011

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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 ...

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Top Intel Officials Expect To Lose Jobs

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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Obama Taps Veteran Dems For Pentagon, State Handover

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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

Sandy Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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