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I must admit, my old tribe is not unanimous on the view I've taken, but there are other folks like me, other former directors of the NSA who have said building in backdoors universally in Apple or other devices actually is bad for America. I think we can all agree it's bad for American privacy.

~Michael Hayden

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Our inaction created the opportunity for the Russians to reenter the Middle East in a powerful way for the first time since 1973.

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One of the things that distinguishes the CIA from the State Department is that the CIA is both asked to, and authorized to, steal secrets. So if the question is whether the CIA steals secrets, the answer is yes.

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Xi agreed to the American definition of legitimate espionage. In other words, you don't use the power of the state to steal secrets for profit.

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All enterprises and major players need to pay attention to the needs of the government of the country of which they are a part. At one level, it would be unconscionable for a company like Huawei not to be responsive to Chinese national-security needs.

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I think the Sino-American relationship is the most important geo-strategic question facing us.

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National security looks different from the Oval Office than it does from a hotel room in Iowa.

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There's a bigger difference between the first and second Bush administrations than there is between Bush and Obama. That's really true.

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I believe we do have a great intelligence service. Is it good enough in all circumstances? Of course not. We live in the human condition. We try to make it better each day.

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There is no worse place for an intelligence service like CIA to be than on Page 1, above the fold in your daily newspaper.

~Michael Hayden

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Public Servant

Born: March 17th, 1945

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