When I was in government, what we would used to mystically call ‘the kinetic option’ was way down on our list. In my personal thinking – in my personal thinking, I need to emphasize that – I have begun to consider that that may not be the worst of all possible outcomes. Michael Hayden Read Quote
People have a right to privacy, but they also have a right to live. Fundamentally, we need cybersecurity and need to secure communications as well. Michael Hayden Read Quote
President Obama and his successors are dependent on the 100,000-plus people inside the American intelligence community – the people Edward Snowden betrayed. Michael Hayden Read Quote
My literal responsibility as director of the CIA with regard to covert action was to inform the Congress – not to seek their approval; to inform. Michael Hayden Read Quote
Thoreau points out clearly that civil disobedience gets its moral authority by the willingness to suffer the penalties from disobeying a law, even if you think that law is unjust. Michael Hayden Read Quote
