NSA is a very conservative culture legally. Our lawyers at NSA were notorious for their conservatism up through the morning of September 11th, 2001. The single most consistent criticism of the NSA legal office by our congressional oversight committee was that our legal office was too conservative. Michael Hayden Read Quote
Before he played CIA Director Saul Berenson on ‘Homeland,’ a much younger Mandy Patinkin gained some fame as Inigo Montoya, a legendary swordsman, in ‘The Princess Bride.’ Michael Hayden Read Quote
I have spent my adult life working in American intelligence. It has been quite an honor. Generally well resourced. A global mission. No want of issues. And it was a hell of a ride. Michael Hayden Read Quote
The Constitution defends all of us against unreasonable search and seizure. What constitutes reasonableness depends upon threat. Michael Hayden Read Quote
George Tenet was actually a very strong centralizing force. If you met George by personality, George met with the president six days out of seven: nontrivial attribute inside the federal government. And George was head of the CIA. Michael Hayden Read Quote
Public discussion of how we determine al Qaeda intentions, I just – I can’t see how that can do anything but harm the security of the nation. Michael Hayden Read Quote
The point I wanted to make was, as we have moved forward on the war on terrorism, FISA has been increasingly effective in terms of results. Michael Hayden Read Quote
People don’t question American power. What people need to be convinced of is American will. Michael Hayden Read Quote
Once you’re in a network, you can do a whole bunch of things to that network. It’s just that NSA doesn’t have the authority to do that. Michael Hayden Read Quote
