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Michael Hayden stories: 28 news summaries

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CIA Chiefs Ask Obama to Scrap Interrogation Probe

Disclosure of CIA methods will help the enemy, decrease national security, former directors warn

Sep 18, 09 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Seven former CIA directors—appointees of both political parties—are calling on the Obama administration to call off the Justice Department’s investigation of Bush-era interrogation practices, the Hill reports. The probe, ordered by AG Eric Holder, will reveal too much about the CIA’s methods in an environment where... More »

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CIA • torture • Attorney General • George Tenet • Michael Hayden • interrogation • James Schlesinger • interrogation techniques • Porter J. Goss • interrogations • Porter Goss • Eric Holder • James Woolsey • Obama administration • William Webster • John Deutch

(Newser) - A report long suppressed by Bush administration officials set to be released next week says the CIA used mock executions as part of post-9/11 interrogations, Newsweek reports—though federal law prohibits threatening prisoners with “imminent death,” and the practice wasn’t authorized by the Justice Department, unlike other... More »

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Bush administration • CIA • torture • Department of Justice • execution • Michael Hayden • interrogation • waterboarding • Porter Goss • USS Cole • report • enhanced interrogation techniques • morale • mock executions

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Summers: End 
 of Cuban Embargo 
 'Way Down Road' 

Economic adviser says Obama acting out of 'morality'

Apr 19, 09 9:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US trade embargo against Cuba won’t be ending anytime soon, President Obama’s economic adviser insisted today. “That’s way down the road, and it’s going to depend on what Cuba does going forward,” Lawrence Summers told NBC’s Meet the Press, saying Obama’s... More »

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CIA • Cuba • Michael Hayden • Cuban embargo • Janet Napolitano • Lawrence Summers

OPINION

Bush AG, CIA Chief Slam Obama on Torture Memos


Apr 17, 09 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama made a dangerous mistake in yesterday releasing Justice Department memos about interrogation techniques from 2005, say former Attorney General Michael Mukasey and former CIA Director Michael Hayden. By releasing the details of these methods, Obama is eliminating a crucial intelligence tool—not just for his own administration but... More »

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Barack Obama • CIA • torture • Department of Justice • Attorney General • Michael Hayden • Michael Mukasey • interrogation techniques • harsh interrogation • Obama administration • CIA director

 Bin Laden 
 Isolated, 
 Struggling: 
 Hayden 

CIA: He's forced to move from place to place, isolated from his terror network

Nov 14, 08 2:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Seven years after 9/11, terror chief Osama bin Laden remains alive and free, but he's struggling, CIA director Michael Hayden said in a speech yesterday: "He appears to be largely isolated from the day-to-day operations of the organization he nominally heads." Hayden said bin Laden spends much of... More »

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Afghanistan • CIA • Pakistan • Michael Hayden • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda • Ayman al-Zawahiri • Atlantic Council

 Missile Strikes Are 
 Learning Tool: CIA 

Chief says agency 'tickles' terrorist enemy to gauge reaction

Sep 17, 08 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The CIA purposely uses missile strikes to "tickle" enemy groups, often by targeting a single person, to learn from their responses, agency chief Michael Hayden said today. Hayden also told a gathering of Air Force members the CIA has "picked up insights" from working alongside the military, the... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • military • CIA • Pakistan • Air Force • Michael Hayden • Predator

CIA Chief: Tide Turning Against Al-Qaeda

Hayden says terrorists are all but defeated
in Iraq, Saudi Arabia

May 30, 08 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Al-Qaeda is "near strategic defeat" in Iraq and Saudi Arabia, and the tide is turning against it elsewhere, CIA chief Michael Hayden says in a surprisingly upbeat Washington Post interview today. In contrast to a  reports of an al-Qaeda resurgence a year ago, Hayden now cites “significant setbacks... More »

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Iraq • War on Terror • CIA • Saudi Arabia • Michael Hayden • al-Qaeda • al-Qaeda in Iraq

OPINION

Confessions From Torture Must Be Tossed

Ex-Guantanamo prosecutor condemns waterboarding pleas

Feb 17, 08 1:57 PM CST
(Newser) - So-called “confessions” obtained by waterboarding should be tossed out of court, Guantanamo's ex-chief military prosecutor writes in the New York Times. Morris Davis quit over the practice last year and regrets that the Pentagon is allowing waterboarding evidence to prosecute six 9/11 suspects. "Military justice has a proud... More »

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torture • September 11 • Michael Hayden • Guantanamo prisoners • waterboarding • Morris Davis

Waterboarding Is Illegal: Justice Dept.

Legal expert to tell House committee it's no longer acceptable

Feb 14, 08 8:18 AM CST
(Newser) - A top Justice Department official will declare to a House subcommittee today that waterboarding is no longer legal—a day after Congress defied President Bush's veto threat to explicitly outlaw the controversial interrogation tactic. "The set of interrogation methods authorized for current use is narrower than before, and it... More »

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Congress • CIA • torture • Department of Justice • Chuck Hagel • Senate • Michael Hayden • waterboarding • Steven Bradbury • George W. Bush

Waterboarding Violates UN Torture Law

Official urges nations
to prosecute, but
doesn't point finger

Feb 8, 08 11:30 PM CST
(Newser) - A top UN official said today that CIA waterboarding constitutes a war crime, but she stopped short of accusing Washington directly. "I would have no problems with describing this practice as falling under the prohibition of torture," Louise Arbour said. Her comment comes days after CIA chief Michael... More »

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War on Terror • torture • war crimes • Michael Hayden • waterboarding • Louise Arbour • UN Commission on Human Rights

Cheney Touts Harsh Interrogations

As CIA boss concedes tactics may be illega

Feb 8, 08 5:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Dick Cheney yesterday defended the use of controversial interrogation techniques, crediting them with possibly “foiling an attack against the US," just as the director of the CIA was conceding to a congressional committee that waterboarding may be illegal. The VP defended the use of  “a tougher program... More »

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Dick Cheney • CIA • torture • September 11 • Michael Hayden • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • waterboarding

CIA Acknowledges Waterboarding 3 Suspects

Senate committee hears specifics, warning of possible Al-Qaeda spread

Feb 5, 08 3:45 PM CST
(Newser) - The CIA used waterboarding three times following the 9/11 attacks, the agency's current director testified today. Interrogators used the method on suspected attack planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two top al Qaeda members, Reuters reports. Michael Hayden's statement to the Senate Intelligence Committee marks the first time a US official... More »

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Congress • CIA • torture • September 11 • Michael Hayden • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • waterboarding • interrogation techniques • al-Qaeda

Musharraf Nixes Greater CIA Role in Pakistan

In secret meetings,
US spy chiefs sought larger combat role

Jan 27, 08 9:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Washington's top two intelligence officials made a secret trip to Pakistan this month "to convince Musharraf that time is ticking," the New York Times reports, quoting senior officials. DNI director Mike McConnell and CIA chief Michael Hayden sought greater latitude for the CIA to operate in Pakistan's near-lawless... More »

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Taliban • CIA • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Michael Hayden • Benazir Bhutto • Mike McConnell • tribal areas

CIA Chief Names Groups Behind Bhutto Assassination

Pakistani militants, al-Qaeda blamed

Jan 18, 08 12:41 PM CST
(Newser) - The CIA director blames a cooperative effort by al-Qaeda and a group of Pakistani militants for the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the Washington Post reports. The conclusion jibes with the explanation Pervez Musharraf has offered, though some Pakistanis still suspect the president and his government had a hand in the... More »

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CIA • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Michael Hayden • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • militant • Baitullah Mehsud

House Subpoenas
Top Ex-Spy

Lawmakers seek explanation for why he had tapes destroyed

Dec 21, 07 4:20 AM CST
(Newser) - The former head of the CIA's clandestine service has been subpoenaed to testify about the destruction of  videotapes of the harsh interrogations of two al-Qaeda suspects. The subpoena for Jose Rodriguez was issued after the House Intelligence Committee staff studied documents on the interrogations that the CIA had surrendered to... More »

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CIA • Michael Hayden • Abu Zubaydah • House Intelligence Committee • harsh interrogation • Jose A. Rodriguez • Silvestre P. Reyes • al-Qaeda • George W. Bush • Abd al Rahim al-Nashiri

Bush: I Didn't Know About
CIA Tapes

Reserves judgment; knocks spending, Putin, in year-end presser

Dec 20, 07 11:07 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush said today he didn’t know about the destroyed CIA interrogation tapes until CIA chief Michael Hayden briefed him earlier this month, and he intends to reserve judgment while they’re investigated. "Let's wait and see what the facts are," he said. In his year-end press... More »

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Iraq • Congress • Vladimir Putin • Michael Hayden • CIA videotapes • George W. Bush

CIA Chief
Sheds Little Light on Tapes

Hayden grilled by Senate panel, says videos predate him

Dec 11, 07 6:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Senators grilled CIA chief Michael Hayden for 90 minutes today, but his appearance behind closed doors shed little light on the agency's destruction of interrogation videotapes, the AP reports. Hayden's session was "useful and not yet complete," said Sen. Jay Rockefeller of the intelligence panel. Afterward, Hayden said... More »

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CIA • torture • Senate • House of Representatives • video • Michael Hayden • waterboarding • interrogation techniques

White House Mum on CIA Tapes

Perino told not to discuss matter with press

Dec 10, 07 4:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Lawyers have advised the White House spokeswoman not to discuss the CIA’s destruction of interrogation videotapes with the press. “I think that’s appropriate, and I’ll adhere to it,” Dana Perino said today of the administration lawyers' gag order. The White House typically stops commenting once... More »

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CIA • Department of Justice • Michael Hayden • Dana Perino • George W. Bush

Biden Calls for CIA Video Probe

CIA chief to testify before Congress tomorrow

Dec 10, 07 3:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Sen. Joe Biden has called for Attorney General Michael Mukasey to appoint a special counsel to investigate the CIA's destruction of videos of interrogations of suspected terrorists. Biden, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, cited Mukasey's unwillingness, during confirmation hearings, to take a stand on whether waterboarding is... More »

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CIA • torture • Senate Intelligence Committee • Michael Hayden • Michael Mukasey • interrogations

Justice Dept. Opens Probe
of CIA Tapes

Agency under fire for destroying videos of terror interrogations

Dec 8, 07 2:11 PM CST
(Newser) - The Justice Department will open a preliminary investigation into the CIA's destruction of videotapes showing the severe interrogation of terrorism suspects, MSNBC reports. The CIA's internal watchdog will do the same. The preliminary probes will determine if broader investigations are warranted. The CIA destroyed the tapes in 2005 against the... More »

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CIA • Department of Justice • CIA leak investigation • Michael Hayden

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