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Michael V. Hayden as Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence.

Michael Vincent Hayden (born March 17, 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) holds the rank of general in the United States Air Force, which describes him as "the highest-ranking military intelligence officer in the armed forces." He is the principal deputy director of national intelligence, where he is said to be "responsible for overseeing the day-to-day activities of the national intelligence program." [1] He took office on April 21, 2005, when both he and national intelligence director John Negroponte were sworn in after a Senate confirmation. He previously served as director of the National Security Agency (NSA), having assumed that position in 1999. During his tenure as director, the longest in the history of the agency, he oversaw the controversial warrantless wiretapping program. After the May 5, 2006 resignation of Porter J. Goss as CIA Director, President George W. Bush nominated Hayden as the successor to the post on May 8, 2006. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... To suggest a relevant news story for the Main Page, refer to the criteria then add your suggestion at the candidates page. ... Image File history File links Michael_V._Hayden. ... Image File history File links Michael_V._Hayden. ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Pittsburgh skyline as viewed from Mount Washington Pittsburgh is a city in Western Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. ... A General is an officer of high military rank. ... The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerospace branch of the United States armed forces. ... Seal of the United States Director of National Intelligence The Director of National Intelligence (DNI) is a United States cabinet-level official coordinating all 16 components of the Intelligence Community, and is the principal intelligence adviser to the president and the statutory intelligence advisor to the National Security Council. ... John Negroponte John Dimitri Negroponte (born July 21, 1939) (IPA ) is a career diplomat currently serving as Director of National Intelligence for the United States. ... Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... NSA seal The National Security Agency / Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) is believed to be the largest United States government intelligence agency. ... The NSA warrantless surveillance controversy is a dispute questioning the power of the president to authorize the NSA to conduct electronic surveillance secretly and without court authorization. ... Porter Goss Porter Johnston Goss (born November 26, 1938) is an American politician and a former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States and a former governor of Texas. ...

Early life, career, and family

Michael Vincent Hayden was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where his father worked as a welder for a manufacturing company. He earned a B.A. in history in 1967 and an M.A. in modern American history in 1969, both from Duquesne University. He is a graduate of the Reserve Officer Training Corps program. Hayden entered active military service in 1969. Pittsburgh skyline as viewed from Mount Washington Pittsburgh is a city in Western Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. ... A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B., from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... For other senses of this word, see history (disambiguation). ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate or graduate course of one to three years in duration. ... The history of the United States has occurred at the regional, territorial, state and local level. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) is a training program of the United States armed forces present on college campuses to recruit and educate commissioned officers. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

Hayden has served as commander of the Air Intelligence Agency and director of the Joint Command and Control Warfare Center, both headquartered at Lackland Air Force Base. He also has served in senior staff positions in the Pentagon; Headquarters U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Germany; the National Security Council, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Embassy in the People's Republic of Bulgaria. Prior to his current assignment, the general served as deputy chief of staff for United Nations Command and U.S. Forces Korea, Yongsan Army Garrison. He has also worked in intelligence in Guam. The AIA emblem Air Intelligence Agency (AIA), an agency of the United States Air Force, with headquarters at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, was activated 1 October 1993. ... Lackland Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force located west of San Antonio, Texas, USA. It is located at 29°2323 North, 98°3645 West (29. ... A pre-9/11 view of The Pentagon, looking east with the Potomac River and Washington Monument in the distance. ... The U.S. European Command (EUCOM) is Unified Combatant Command of the United States military, headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. ... Stuttgart, a city located in southern Germany, is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg with a population of approximately 590,000 as of September 2005 in the city and around 3 million in the metropolitan area. ... A National Security Council is an executive body which coordinates national security issues and typically includes the heads of departments involved in diplomacy and defense with a small staff. ... United Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Korea (Korean:한국, Hanguk, or 조선, Chosǒn or Joseon) is a civilization and geographical area situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia, bordering China (PRC) to the northwest and Russia to the northeast, with Japan situated to the southeast across the Korea Strait. ...

Hayden's supporters describe him as cerebral, self-effacing, and low-key. He is married; he and his wife Jeanine have three children.

Director of the National Security Agency

Hayden as Director of the NSA.

Hayden served as the Director of the National Security Agency and Chief of the Central Security Service at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland from March 1999 to April 2005. As the Director of NSA and Chief of CSS, he was responsible for a combat support agency of the Department of Defense with military and civilian personnel stationed worldwide. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2400x3000, 2700 KB) Other versions of this file File links The following pages link to this file: Michael V. Hayden Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2400x3000, 2700 KB) Other versions of this file File links The following pages link to this file: Michael V. Hayden Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... NSA seal The National Security Agency / Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) is believed to be the largest United States government intelligence agency. ... The Central Security Service (CSS) is an agency of the United States government. ... NSA headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland Fort George G. Meade, 5 miles (8 km) northeast of the town of Laurel, Maryland, is an active US Army installation. ... Official language(s) None Capital Largest city Annapolis Baltimore Area  - Total   - Width   - Length    - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 42nd 12,417 sq mi  32,160 km² 90 miles  145 km 249 miles  400 km 21 37°53N to 39°43N 75°4W to 79°33W Population  - Total...

He was reportedly exceptionally open as NSA director, inviting reporters to his Fort Meade home for dinner. [2]

Warrantless surveillance

The NSA warrantless surveillance controversy arose when the New York Times revealed on December 16, 2005 that the agency had been eavesdropping on international communications between U.S. citizens within the U.S. and suspected terrorists overseas without seeking warrants from a special court, as required by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.[3] The NSA warrantless surveillance controversy is a dispute questioning the power of the president to authorize the NSA to conduct electronic surveillance secretly and without court authorization. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... Eavesdropping is the intercepting of conversations by unintended recipients. ... Warrant is a term with several meanings: Band: Warrant (American band) Band: Warrant (German band) Finance: Warrant (finance) Legal: Warrant (legal) Philosophy : Warrant (philosophy) Constitution: Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same... The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) of 1978 prescribes procedures for the physical and electronic surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence information between or among foreign powers. FISA is codified in 50 U.S.C. §§1801-1811, 1821-29, 1841-46, and 1861-62. ...

Hayden received personal criticism for his role in the controversy when he spoke at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on January 23, 2006 to defend the practice of warrantless surveillance. During the question and answer period following his speech, Hayden flatly denied that a "probable cause" standard is contained in the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution--which limits the government's ability to conduct searches and, by extension, surveillance. The National Press Club is an association of journalists based in Washington, DC. It is well-known for its gatherings with invited speakers, including many presidential candidates and other influential politicians. ... This article is the current U.S. Collaboration of the Week. ... In United States criminal law, probable cause refers to the standard by which a police officer may make an arrest, conduct a personal or property search or obtain a warrant. ... The Fourth Amendment may refer to the: Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution - part of the Bill of Rights, it guards against unreasonable searches and seizures. ... Page I of the Constitution of the United States of America Page II of the United States Constitution Page III of the United States Constitution Page IV of the United States Constitution The Syng inkstand, with which the Constitution was signed The Constitution of the United States is the supreme...

Knight Ridder reporter Jonathan Landay prefaced a question by noting that "the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution specifies that you must have probable cause to be able to do a search that does not violate an American's right against unlawful searches and seizures." Hayden responded: "No, actually--the Fourth Amendment actually protects all of us against unreasonable search and seizure.... That's what it says." When Landay continued, "But does it not say probable--" Hayden said: "No. The amendment says...unreasonable search and seizure." Partial list of newspapers The following is a partial list of newspapers owned by Knight Ridder: Contra Costa Times Detroit Free Press Kansas City Star The Miami Herald Philadelphia Inquirer Saint Paul Pioneer Press San Jose Mercury News The State External link Knight Ridder corporate website Categories: Companies traded on...

In fact, the amendment refers to both "unreasonable searches and seizures" and "probable cause":

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Later, responding to Landay's question, Hayden stated:

Just to be very clear--and believe me, if there's any amendment to the Constitution that employees of the National Security Agency are familiar with, it's the Fourth. And it is a reasonableness standard in the Fourth Amendment. And so what you've raised to me--and I'm not a lawyer, and don't want to become one--what you've raised to me is, in terms of quoting the Fourth Amendment, is an issue of the Constitution. The constitutional standard is "reasonable." And we believe--I am convinced that we are lawful because what it is we're doing is reasonable.

Later in the same question-and-answer session, author James Bamford suggested that part of the purpose of "going around the FISA law...was to lower the standard from what they call for, which is basically probable cause, to a reasonable basis; and then to take it away from a federal court judge, the FISA court judge, and hand it over to a shift supervisor at NSA." James Bamford in a publicity photo James Bamford is an author and journalist who writes about the world of United States intelligence agencies. ...

Central Intelligence Agency

On Monday, May 8, 2006, Hayden was nominated by President George W. Bush to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency after the resignation of Porter J. Goss on May 5, 2006. [4] George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States and a former governor of Texas. ... Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (D/CIA) serves as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency, which is part of the United States Intelligence Community. ... Porter Goss Porter Johnston Goss (born November 26, 1938) is an American politician and a former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. ...

Military awards

• Defense Distinguished Service Medal
• Defense Superior Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
• Legion of Merit
• Bronze Star Medal
• Meritorious Service Medal with Two Oak Leaf Clusters
• Air Force Commendation Medal
• Air Force Achievement Medal

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Dates of rank

• Second Lieutenant - June 2, 1967
• First Lieutenant - June 7, 1970
• Captain - December 7, 1971
• Major - June 1, 1980
• Lieutenant Colonel - February 1, 1985
• Colonel - November 1, 1990
• Brigadier General - September 1, 1993
• Major General - October 1, 1996
• Lieutenant General - May 1, 1999
• General - April 22, 2005

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External links

• Office of the Director of National Intelligence
• Official Air Force biography
• Official NSA biography
• Baltimore Sun article, August 8, 2004
• New York Times article, February 17, 2005
• Minneapolis StarTribune biography
• Statement for the record by Lieutenant General Michael V. Hayden, USAF, Director, National Security Agency / Chief, Central Security Service before the Joint inquiry of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 17 Oct 2002