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When It Comes to National Security, Loyalty Tests Should Have No Place

National Security Adviser Mike Waltz appears to have lost his post at least in part because of questions of loyalty. Same for National Security Agency (NSA) Director Gen. Timothy Haugh. Their [...] More

My Worry for America

I was a Brigadier General 30 years ago, assigned in Europe as the head of intelligence. Most of the time I was looking at the Balkans because there was a war going on. Yugoslavia lasted for 72 years [...] More

More from General Michael Hayden

Remembering a True Leader through CIA Crisis and Controversy

Cipher Brief Expert General Michael V. Hayden (Ret.) is a retired four-star General in the United States Air Force; he was the Director of the [...] More

A Statement of Thanks From General Michael Hayden

The Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy and International Security released a statement Wednesday night from General Michael Hayden and [...] More

General Michael Hayden Recovering After Stroke

Cipher Brief readers are wishing General Michael V. Hayden, a speedy recovery after the former CIA and NSA director suffered a stroke last [...] More

General Michael Hayden: 'The Cyber Cavalry Ain't Coming'

In a recent interview, The Cipher Brief sat down with former NSA and CIA director Michael Hayden to talk about global threats, and in particular, [...] More

General Michael Hayden on Threats Foreign and Domestic - Part One

As a best-selling author and television commentator, General Michael Hayden (ret.) has been vocal about the threats he sees – both foreign and [...] More

Beating Iran With Our Carrots and Ignoring Our Sticks

A bipartisan group of 115 American national security leaders, including 49 retired flag officers of the U.S. military; 19 former members of Congress [...] More

Keeping DOJ and FBI Safe from a Partisan President & Congress

The White House is deciding whether to make public a classified memo on the Russia investigation penned by House Intelligence Committee Chair Devin [...] More

Trump Takes 'America First' to Skeptical Davos

President Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to visit the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, since President Bill Clinton in 2000. [...] More

Best Of: Trump Changes the Game in Afghanistan

Earlier this week, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, laid out a two-year plan to take back substantial territory in [...] More