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Draft
Country
United States
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NSA directorCIA director
Overall Confidence
93%
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About
Michael Vincent Hayden is an American retired four-star U.S. Air Force general who served as Director of the National Security Agency (1999–2005) and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2006–2009). He was pivotal in post-9/11 surveillance expansions and in developing international intelligence partnerships. He is now a national security consultant and a principal at The Chertoff Group, and has served as an adviser and has been a figure discussed by Barak and Epstein.
Key Relationships
Unit 8200
intermediary
Hayden served as an intermediary for U.S.-Israel cyber collaborations during his NSA tenure, facilitating Unit 8200's access to shared SIGINT tools.
Since 2006
Nadav Zafrir
consults_for_foreign
Zafrir collaborates with Hayden, who joined Team8 as a managing partner in 2018, providing U.S. intelligence insights to shape Israeli cybersecurity strategies and ventures.
Since 2018
Nadav Zafrir
secret_meeting
Zafrir and Hayden have engaged in off-record meetings on cyber threats and venture strategies, leveraging Hayden's U.S. intel background beyond public Team8 partnership announcements.
Since 2018
Michael Chertoff
collaborated
Michael Chertoff collaborated with Michael Hayden on intelligence and national security initiatives during their tenures in the Bush administration.
Since 2005
Dick Cheney
collaborated
NSA Director Michael Hayden implemented the Stellar Wind warrantless surveillance program at the direction of the White House, with Cheney office providing the legal authorization through David Addington. George Tenet asked Hayden whether the NSA could do more against terrorism, on behalf of the White House. Hayden later became CIA Director in 2006.
Since 2001
George Tenet
succeeded
Michael Hayden succeeded Porter Goss as CIA Director in 2006, two years after Tenet's departure. Hayden inherited the enhanced interrogation program Tenet had authorized. The Senate Torture Report found both Tenet and Hayden provided 'inaccurate and misleading information' to Congress.
Since 2006
Recent Events
Meeting between Barak and Hayden at Munich Security Conference
Barak and Michael Hayden rendezvous at security conference, discuss options for future plans.
1/31/2014