Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence
In office
April 21, 2005 – May 30, 2006
President George W. Bush
Director of the National Security Agency
In office
March 1999 – April 21, 2005
President
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Personal details
Born Michael Vincent Hayden
(age 71)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party Independent[1][2][3]
Alma mater Duquesne University
Military service
Allegiance United States
Service/branch United States Air Force
Years of service 1967–2008
Rank US-O10 insignia.svg General
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 He was later confirmed on May 26, 2006, as Director, 78–15, by full U.S. Senate vote.
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".
Hayden has been accused of lying to Congress during his 2007 testimony about the CIA's 'enhanced interrogation program.
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.
In 2008 Hayden warned from the destabilizing consequences of Muslim migration to Europe that might raise the possibility of civil unrest.
In 2013, after the P5+1 reached a nuclear agreement with Iran, Hayden said, "We have accepted Iranian uranium enrichment."
The 2014 Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture cited an email prepared by a subordinate that indicated that as CIA Director, Hayden instructed that out-of-date information be used in briefing Congress so that fewer than 100 Guantanamo Bay detainees would be reported.
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