Michael Hayden (general)

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General Michael Hayden
20th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
In office May 30, 2006 – February 12, 2009
President	George W. Bush Barack Obama
Preceded by	Porter J. Goss
Succeeded by	Leon Panetta
Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence
In office 2005–2006
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	New Office
Succeeded by	Donald Kerr
15th Director of the National Security Agency
In office 1999–2005
President	Bill Clinton George W. Bush
Preceded by	Kenneth Minihan
Succeeded by	Keith B. Alexander
Personal details
Born	March 17, 1945 (1945-03-17) (age 66) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Profession	Intelligence officer
Religion	Roman Catholic
Military service
Service/branch	United States Air Force
Years of service	1967–2008
Rank	General
Battles/wars	War on Terrorism
Awards	Defense Distinguished Service Medal Defense Superior Service Medal (2) Legion of Merit Bronze Star Meritorious Service Medal (2)

Michael Vincent Hayden, (born March 17, 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a retired United States Air Force four-star general and former Director of the National Security Agency and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. From April 21, 2005–May 26, 2006 he was the Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, a position which once made him "the highest-ranking military intelligence officer in the armed forces."^[1]

He was Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) from 1999–2005. During his tenure as Director, the longest in the history of the agency, he oversaw the controversial NSA surveillance of technological communications between persons in the United States and alleged foreign terrorist groups, which resulted in the NSA warrantless surveillance controversy.

On May 8, 2006, Hayden was nominated for the position of CIA Director and reappointment to the rank of general following the May 5 resignation of Porter J. Goss, and on May 23 the Senate Intelligence Committee voted 12-3 to send the nomination to the Senate floor. His nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 26 by a vote of 78-15. On May 30, 2006 and again the following day at the CIA lobby with President George W. Bush in attendance, Hayden was sworn in as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

On July 1, 2008, Hayden retired from the Air Force after nearly 39 years of active-duty military service and continued to serve as Director of the CIA until 12 February 2009.^[2] He is currently a principal at the Chertoff Group, a security consultancy co-founded by former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.^[3] Hayden also serves as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at George Mason University School of Public Policy and was elected to the Board of Directors of Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) effective January 4, 2011.^[4]

Early life, career, and family

Michael Vincent Hayden was born on St. Patrick's Day in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to an Irish-American couple, Sadie and Harry Hayden, Jr. who worked as a welder for a Pennsylvania manufacturing company. He has a sister, Debby, and a brother, Harry.

He went to St. Peter's Elementary school where, in 7th and 8th grade he played quarterback on the school football team then being coached by Dan Rooney, the son of the founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and current Chairman of the team. One of Hayden's first jobs was as an equipment manager for the Steelers.^[5] Hayden went on to Duquesne University in Pittsburgh where he earned a B.A. in history in 1967 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant. He then attended graduate school at Duquesne for an M.A. in modern American History. He continues to be an avid fan of the hometown Pittsburgh Steelers, since the 1990s commuting with his wife and family to at least 3-4 games a year.^[6]

He is a graduate of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program through the University of Pittsburgh.^[7] Hayden entered active military service in 1969.

Hayden has served as commander of the Air Intelligence Agency and Director of the Joint Command and Control Warfare Center, both headquartered at Lackland Air Force Base. He also has served in senior staff positions in the Pentagon; Headquarters U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Germany; the National Security Council, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Embassy in the then-People's Republic of Bulgaria. Prior to his current assignment, the general served as deputy chief of staff for United Nations Command and U.S. Forces Korea, Yongsan Garrison. He has also worked in intelligence in Guam.

He is married to Jeanine Carrier, and they have a daughter and two sons.

Intelligence career

Air Intelligence Agency

From 1996 to 1997, Hayden served as Commander of the AIA, an agency of 16,000 charged with defending and exploiting the "information domain."^[8]

National Security Agency

Hayden served as the Director of the National Security Agency and Chief of the Central Security Service at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland from March 1999 to April 2005. As the Director of NSA and Chief of CSS, he was responsible for a combat support agency of the Department of Defense with military and civilian personnel stationed worldwide.^[9]

Strategy for the NSA

Hayden came to the NSA at a time of great trouble in the agency. Internal government analysis indicated it suffered from a lack of quality management and an outdated information technology infrastructure. In fact soon after he came on board, a huge part of the NSA network system crashed and was down for several days. Part of his plan to revitalize the agency was to introduce more outside contractors, induce a lot of old managers to retire and get rid of old management structures. Part of his plan also included increased openness at the agency; it had historically been one of the most secretive organs of government. He notably allowed James Bamford access for his book Body of Secrets.^[10] Hayden was also initially extremely concerned with following the laws against domestic surveillance. Many reports say that after 9/11, he became more concerned with stopping terrorism, and allegedly softened his stance against domestic surveillance.^{[10][11][12][13]} Hayden however has said that he believed everything the agency was doing was "effective, appropriate, and lawful".^[14]

On 9/11, Hayden immediately evacuated all non-essential personnel from NSA headquarters. After 9/11, the agency greatly increased its activity. Details about its operations have been largely hidden, but it played a major role in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the Global war on terror. One notable example is its relationship with the Unmanned aerial vehicle 'drone' program.^[15]

Wiretaps of domestic communication

In May 2006, USA Today reported that, under Hayden's leadership, the NSA created a domestic telephone call database. During his nomination hearings, Hayden defended his actions to Senator Russ Feingold and others, stating that he had relied upon legal advice that the White House order to build the database was supported by Article Two of the United States Constitution executive branch powers (in which the President must "take care that the laws be faithfully executed"), overriding legislative branch statutes forbidding warrantless surveillance of domestic calls, which included the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Previously, this action would have required a warrant from a FISA court. The stated purpose of the database was to eavesdrop on international communications between persons within the U.S. and individuals and groups overseas in order to locate terrorists.^[16]

Trailblazer

Hayden also championed the Trailblazer Project, a "transformation" project with a large Information Technology component. The project was criticized by several NSA staffers for not including privacy protections for US citizens and for being a waste of money. The critics included Diane S Roark, of the House Intelligence Committee, NSA workers Thomas Andrews Drake, Binney, Wiebe, and Loomis, and others. Hayden severly rebuked these critics. Several quit in protest. After investigations by the NSA inspector general, the DOD inspector general, and Congress, Trailblazer was shut down.^[14]

Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence

Hayden is sworn in as Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence

As part of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, the CIA chief no longer would run the intelligence community. Instead a new office was created for this purpose; the Director of National Intelligence. General Hayden became the Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence from May 2005 to May 2006 under the first DNI, John Negroponte.

Civil liberties

On January 23, 2006, General Hayden participated in a news conference.^[17] A YouTube video^[18] was posted claiming that Michael Hayden said "probable cause" is not in the 4th Amendment. But the transcript shows that General Hayden never said that. Instead, he said that it protects all of us against unreasonable search and seizure, while the reporter argued that the legal standard is probable cause. General Hayden's statement is reinforced by the U.S. Supreme Court: "The touchstone of the Fourth Amendment is reasonableness".^[19] It is only when the touchstone of reasonableness is not met that probable cause and a warrant is needed.

George W. Bush announces his nomination of Hayden as the next Director of the CIA as Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte looks on.

Hayden was also a supporter of aggressive interrogation.^[20]

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

On May 8, 2006, Hayden was nominated by President George W. Bush to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency after the resignation of Porter J. Goss on May 5, 2006.^[21] He was later confirmed on May 26, 2006 as Director, 78-15, by full U.S. Senate vote.^[22]

Critics of the nomination and Hayden's attempts to increase domestic surveillance included Senator Dianne Feinstein who stated on May 11, 2006 that "I happen to believe we are on our way to a major constitutional confrontation on Fourth Amendment guarantees of unreasonable search and seizure".^[23]

Hayden is not the first active member of the military to be appointed to run the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Those previously holding the position of Director of Central Intelligence while simultaneously holding a military rank were:

• Rear Admiral Sidney Souers, a Navy officer, who was the first man to hold the position when the nascent organization was known as the Central Intelligence Group; then-Lieutenant General (later General) Hoyt S. Vandenberg, an Air Force officer, also Director of the CIG; Rear Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, a Navy officer who, just prior to his appointment, was a Captain and Commanding Officer of the USS Missouri and who was the first DCI of the CIA; General Walter Bedell Smith, an Army officer
• President Jimmy Carter appointed Admiral Stansfield Turner, a Navy officer and a classmate of President Carter at the United States Naval Academy.

In 2007, Hayden lobbied to allow the CIA to conduct drone strikes purely on the behavior of ground vehicles, with no further evidence of connection to terrorism.^[24]

Military career

Military awards

	Defense Distinguished Service Medal
	Defense Superior Service Medal with bronze Oak Leaf Cluster
	Legion of Merit
	Bronze Star
	Meritorious Service Medal with two bronze Oak Leaf Clusters
	Air Force Commendation Medal
	Air Force Achievement Medal
	Joint Meritorious Unit Award
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
	Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
	National Defense Service Medal with bronze service star
	Armed Forces Service Medal
	Air Force Overseas Ribbon (Short Tour) with bronze Oak Leaf Cluster
	Air Force Overseas Ribbon (Long Tour) with two bronze Oak Leaf Clusters
	Air Force Longevity Service Award with one silver and one bronze Oak Leaf Cluster
	Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon
	Air Force Training Ribbon

• Order of National Security Merit Cheonsu Medal (Republic of Korea)

Military badges

• Presidential Service Badge
• Air Force Intelligence Badge, Master-level

Dates of rank

• June 2, 1967 — Second Lieutenant
• June 7, 1970 — First Lieutenant
• December 7, 1971 — Captain
• June 1, 1980 — Major
• February 1, 1985 — Lieutenant Colonel
• November 1, 1990 — Colonel
• September 1, 1993 — Brigadier General
• October 1, 1996 — Major General
• May 1, 1999 — Lieutenant General
• April 22, 2005 — General

Foreign awards

On 1 July 2010, he was appointed an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia, "for service to bilateral and international security relations between Australia and the United States".^[25]

Honors

His native Northside neighborhood of Pittsburgh renamed a major highway to Heinz Field in his honor. [4]

On 26 July 2011, Hayden was inducted into the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Distinguished Alumni in a ceremony at Maxwell AFB, Alabama, officiated by Lt. Gen. Allen G. Peck, Commander, Air University.^[26]

References

1. ^ Biographies : GENERAL MICHAEL V. HAYDEN
2. ^ Hayden announces his retirement from the Air Force, April 23, 2008
3. ^ Chertoff Group (2009). General Michael V. Hayden. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
4. ^ Motorola Solutions Announces New Board of Directors Effective Jan. 4. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
5. ^ [1]
6. ^ [2]
7. ^ Ceremony program, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Distinguished Alumni Induction, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, 26 July 2011, page 5.
8. ^ [July 1997 Popular Science] Information Warriors of the 609th Popular Science July 1997 on Google Books(needs expanding)]
9. ^ Hayden Faces Senate and CIA Hurdles if Named: General Has Streak Of Independence And Nonconformity May 7, 2006
10. ^ ^{a b} James Bamford, Body of Secrets, Doubleday, 2001
11. ^ Gen. Hayden Statement to Congress - see section 27
12. ^ EFF class action suit
13. ^ [3] Remarks By General Michael V. Hayden: What American Intelligence & Especially The NSA Have Been Doing To Defend The Nation] Jan 23, 2006, his testimony that, "One senior executive confided that the data management needs we outlined to him were larger than any he had previously seen"
14. ^ ^{a b} The Secret Sharer, Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, May 23 2011, retrieved 2011 May 16
15. ^ James Bamford, The Shadow Factory, 2008, Doubleday
16. ^ Transcript of National Press Club interview of General Hayden regarding wiretaps
17. ^ Democracy Now! coverage of the January 23 National Press Club meeting., September 7, 2010
18. ^ YouTube video titled Michael Hayden: "probable cause" is not in the 4th Amendment, September 7, 2010
19. ^ United States v. Knights 534 U.S. 112 (2001), September 7, 2010
20. ^ Birthers, Truthers and Interrogation Deniers, Michael Hayden, June 2011, Wall Street Journal
21. ^ Hayden named as Bush CIA choice 8 May 2006
22. ^ U.S. Senate: Legislation & Records Home > Votes > Roll Call Vote May 26, 2006
23. ^ Bush says U.S. not 'trolling through personal lives' May 12, 2006
24. ^ Porter, Gareth. "CIA's Push for Drone War Driven by Internal Needs." IPS, 5 September 2011.
25. ^ It's an Honour
26. ^ Ceremony program, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Distinguished Alumni Induction, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, 26 July 2011, page 5.

External links

United States Air Force portal

• Office of the Director of National Intelligence
• CFR.org: A Conversation with Michael V. Hayden (Audio)
• Central Intelligence Agency
• Official Air Force biography
• Official CIA Biography
• Official NSA biography
• Appearances on C-SPAN
• Michael Hayden on Charlie Rose
• Michael Hayden at the Internet Movie Database
• Works by or about Michael Hayden (general) in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Michael V. Hayden collected news and commentary at The New York Times
• Michael Hayden at the Notable Names Database
• Michael Hayden at SourceWatch
• Statement for the record by Lieutenant General Michael V. Hayden, USAF, Director, National Security Agency / Chief, Central Security Service before the Joint inquiry of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 17 October 2002

Articles

• Minneapolis StarTribune biography
• Baltimore Sun article August 8, 2004
• New York Times article February 17, 2005
• Democracy Now! coverage of the January 23, 2006 National Press Club meeting. Johnathan Lindsay asks about probable cause at 18:30.
• IndyMedia article on stophayden.org, the first campaign to block Hayden's confirmation as Director of the CIA, launched in May 2006
• Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein On the Nomination of General Michael Hayden as Director of the CIA, 8 May 2006
• Unwarranted Criticism: General Hayden's reading of the Fourth Amendment is correct, and his critics are mistaken. May 10, 2006
• Thinker, Briefer, Soldier, Spy, Time Magazine, May 15, 2006
• US Senate vote record of Hayden's nomination, 26 May 2006

Government offices
Preceded by Kenneth A. Minihan	Director of the National Security Agency 1999–2005	Succeeded by Keith B. Alexander
Preceded by Initial Principal Deputy Director	Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence 2005–2006	Succeeded by Ronald L. Burgess, Jr. (acting)
Preceded by Porter Goss	Director of the Central Intelligence Agency 2006–2009	Succeeded by Leon Panetta

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Name	Hayden, Michael
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Date of birth	March 17, 1945
Place of birth	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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