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Michael Hayden
American Public Servant
Born: Mar 17, 1945
American CIA Government Intelligence People You
Related authors: Andrew Yang Ben Bernanke Betsy DeVos Clara Barton Elizabeth Warren Hope Hicks Jerome Powell Jim Mattis
Dissenting analysts passionate about their positions are not unusual in the American intelligence community. Their presence - or even the rejection - of their favored positions is not prima face evidence of politicization. Michael Hayden
Intelligence Face Intelligence Community Community Rejection Positions Analyst Evidence Favored About Prima Unusual Passionate American Even Presence
Undersecretary of Defense Doug Feith was equally insistent in 2002-2003 about an operational relationship between al Qaeda and the Iraqi government. Michael Hayden
Government Relationship Defense About Insistent Between Equally Operational Iraqi Al Al-Qaeda
My experience has been that military assessments on 'how goes the war' are consistently more optimistic than those made by the CIA and other agencies. Michael Hayden
War Experience CIA Made Military Other Consistently Those Has-Been More How Been Optimistic Than Goes Agencies
In the Cold War, a lot of Soviet actions could be explained as extensions of Czarist imperial ambitions, but that didn't stop us from studying Marxism in theory and Communism in practice to better understand that adversary. Michael Hayden
War Communism Better Practice Ambition Cold Cold War Could Imperial Marxism Studying Adversary Understand Lot Soviet Stop Explained Us Theory Actions Extensions
The CIA held about a hundred detainees from 2002 to 2008; about a third of them underwent interrogations that have been variously described as enhanced, tough or torture. The toughest technique was water boarding, used on three detainees, the last in early 2003. Michael Hayden
CIA Water Three Tough Hundred Torture About Toughest Underwent Been Boarding Them Held Used Enhanced Technique Early Last Third
Intelligence collection is not confined to the communications of adversaries or of the guilty. Rather, it's about gaining information otherwise unavailable that would help keep Americans safe and free. Michael Hayden
Intelligence Free Otherwise Guilty Collection Would About Rather Adversaries Safe American Confined Information Gaining Communications Help Keep
Presidents get to decide how their intelligence is served up to them, and it's the job of intelligence to adjust. Michael Hayden
Intelligence Job Presidents Adjust How Up Get Decide Them Served
When the intelligence is making a policymaker too happy, he ought to challenge it, and even if he doesn't, the intelligence briefer needs to launch a red team against his own conclusions to see if he can hold his ground. Michael Hayden
Needs Happy Intelligence Challenge Own Too Ought Launch See He Red Conclusions Making His Hold Against Ground Team Even
A person seeking to be the President of the United States should not suggest violence in any way. Michael Hayden
President Way States Seeking Person Any Should United United States Suggest Violence
Counterterrorism, counterproliferation, and counterintelligence are staples. The four countries of highest interest - Russia, China, Iran and North Korea - are constants. Michael Hayden
Russia Highest Counterintelligence Counterterrorism Countries Korea Iran North North Korea China Interest Four
CIA relies on a partner's focus, linguistic agility, and cultural depth; in return, the partner benefits from CIA's resources, technology, and global view. Michael Hayden
Technology CIA Benefits Focus Partner Resources Global Return Cultural Linguistic Depth View Agility
I don't want to be overly dramatic, but Iraq and Syria are gone, and they aren't coming back, at least not as centralized states. Michael Hayden
Gone Dramatic Back States Syria Least Overly Coming Iraq Want Centralized
Great weight should be given to the judgment of professionals on what information, if disclosed, would harm national security. Michael Hayden
Great Judgment National Security Would Given Weight National Security Information Should Professionals Harm
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