A Mixed Bag

By General Michael Hayden

General Michael V. Hayden is a retired four-star General in the United States Air Force; he served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2006-2009 and as Director of the National Security Agency from 1999-2005.

As we mark another 9/11 anniversary, the Cipher Brief asked me to assess the impact of the past 15 years on the American intelligence community.

Let me begin by making one thing clear.  The American intelligence community is actually pretty good at what it does.  In fact, if we were marking on a curve, that would be the end of the discussion. 

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