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Accusations fit on a bumper sticker; the truth takes longer.

~Michael Hayden

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To be perfectly candid, we're better at stealing other people's secrets than anyone else in the world. But we self-limit. We steal secrets to keep our citizens free and safe.

~Michael Hayden

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The problem with cyber weapons for a country like ours is the ability to control them.

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If Snowden really claims that his actions amounted to genuine civil disobedience, he should go to some English language bookstore in Moscow and get a copy of Henry David Thoreau's 'Civil Disobedience'.

~Michael Hayden

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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.

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The intelligence community is governed by the same legal and ethical standards as the rest of American government and society, but an operational imperative is here, too. An intelligence community charged with global responsibilities cannot be successful without diversity of thought, culture and language.

~Michael Hayden

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A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas, and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not.

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There's still a lot of things you can legitimately do to make America safe through electronic surveillance.

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I'm a career Air Force officer. We have a saying in the Air Force: 'If you want people to be with you at the crash, you've got to put them on the manifest.' And so I was always of the view to almost leave no stone unturned when you're up there briefing the Hill.

~Michael Hayden

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Access to the security clearance database would disgorge even more detailed personal information, including the foreign contacts of American officials.

~Michael Hayden

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Nationality: American

Type: Public Servant

Born: March 17th, 1945

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