Hayden is largely Bushie scum. A 4 star AF General without wings means he’s even more of a back room player than your average general officer. The man is a disgrace.
Hayden has been on my radar since the mid-70’s after reading James Bamford’s books on the NSA (where I was considering applying for employment). I used Bard to call up Bamford’s opinion.
“Author James Bamford has criticized Michael Hayden for his role in the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance programs. In his book The Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency, Bamford wrote that Hayden had “a blind faith in the power of technology” and that he was “willing to sacrifice individual privacy in the name of national security.”
Bamford has also accused Hayden of being too close to the Bush administration and of misleading Congress about the NSA’s surveillance programs. In a 2013 interview, Bamford said that Hayden was “a very dangerous man” and that he “should be in jail.”
Hayden has denied Bamford’s accusations, saying that he was “always honest with Congress” and that he “acted in the best interests of the country.” He has also said that Bamford’s book is “full of inaccuracies.”
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