Michael Hayden (general)

Michael Vincent Hayden ( born March 17, 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ) is a former general of the U.S. Air Force and former director of the CIA (30 May 2006 to 12 February 2009). Until his military retirement in 2008 he was the first director of the CIA since 1981, which was still active soldier.

Military career

Hayden, son of a welder, studied history at Duquesne University. In 1967, he received a bachelor's degree as well as the officer's commission and therefore his appointment as Second Lieutenant; Master's degree in modern American history, he acquired in 1969. The Civil War fascinates him to this day. Hayden is a graduate of the Reserve Officer Training Corps program. In 1969, Hayden was active in the U.S. Air Force and was promoted in 1970 to the First Lieutenant.

Hayden served as commander of the Air Intelligence Agency and as Director of the Joint Command and Control Warfare Center, both with their headquarters in the Lackland Air Force Base. He also served in senior administrative positions in the Ministry of Defense of the United States and the headquarters of the U.S. European Command in Stuttgart. He was also the National Security Council in Washington, DC as well as in the U.S. Embassy in Bulgaria and was deputy chief of staff of the United Nations and the United States Forces Korea. Hayden also worked in education in Guam.

From 1999 to 2005 Lieutenant General Hayden was director of the National Security Agency, and ( in personal union ) Director of CSS, the connection service the NSA to the armed forces of the United States. From April 2005 to May 2006 as General Hayden was the first Deputy Director of National Intelligence.

After the close down and completed by the White House resignation of Porter Goss on May 6, 2006 nominated U.S. President George W. Bush General Hayden on 8 May 2006 as the new Director of the CIA. . Confirmation by the Senate on 26 May 2006, the swearing- in office on 30 May 2006 On 20 June 2008 ( with effect from July 1) Hayden joined in the military retirement; as a civilian, he was the CIA until 2009, however, continue as a director before.

Hayden stressed that he had never himself arranged torture; but he insists on the so-called " enhanced interrogation techniques " ( see, eg, waterboarding ), have provided valuable insights.

In July 2013 ( previously was made ​​famous by Edward Snowden, to what extent the United States or the National Security Agency ( NSA) to monitor the internet and save Telefondatden ) expressed Hayden in an interview with ZDF, shortly after the attacks of September 11, in 2001 it had been agreed that intelligence agencies from the U.S. and Europe work closely together in a pool of information. He could only shake his head over the surprise of many German politicians.

In an interview with Der Spiegel in 2014 Hayden commented that western intelligence agencies are the most transparent and eastern espionage in the current debate was thrown out of the public eye.

Hayden is married and has three children with his wife, Jeanine.

Awards

Selection of decorations, sorted on the basis of the Order of Precedence of Military Awards:

Central Intelligence Agency Oberleutnant United States National Security Council Director of Central Intelligence Bronze Star Medal Meritorious Service Medal (United States) Royal Norwegian Order of Merit Matthew Aid Cryptome Keith B. Alexander Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter Walter Bedell Smith Richard Helms James R. Schlesinger William Colby Stansfield Turner William J. Casey William H. Webster R. James Woolsey, Jr. John E. McLaughlin Michael Morell John O. Brennan John A. Samford Laurence Hugh Frost Gordon Blake Marshall Carter Noel Gayler Lew Allen Bobby Ray Inman Lincoln D. Faurer William Eldridge Odom Kenneth Minihan
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