Michael Hayden spoke with CBS News about his time leading both the NSA and CIA during a time of rapid change. In the course of the interview, Hayden spoke about an array of topics, ranging from the legal justification of drone strikes to America’s development of cyber-weapons. He also expressed some confusion as to why non-state actors do not make greater use of cyber-weapons. He characterized the first decade of the 21st century as being a time when the intelligence community had to push itself to the limits of what the law would allow, without overstepping.
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