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Here's a look at the life of Michael Hayden, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Birthdate: March 17, 1945
Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Birth name: Michael Vicente Hayden
Father: Harry Hayden
Mother: Sadie Hayden
Marriage: Jeanine (carrier) Hayden
Children: Margaret, Michael and Liam
Education: Duquesne University, B.A., 1967; Duquesne University, MA, 1969
Military service: US Air Force, 1967-2008, General
He is a retired four-star general.
He is a distinguished visiting professor and founder of the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy and International Security at George Mason University.
He worked as a taxi driver during university.
January 1970-January 1972 – Analyst at Strategic Air Command Headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.
January 1972-May 1975 – Chief of the Current Intelligence Division at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.
July 1975-August 1979 – Academic instructor at the Reserve Officer Training Corps Program, St. Michael's College in Vermont.
June 1980-July 1982 – Chief of Intelligence, 51st Tactical Fighter Wing, Osan Air Force Base, South Korea.
1984-1986 – Air Attaché, United States Embassy, Bulgaria.
1986-1989 – Political-Military Affairs Officer, Headquarters US Air Force
1989-1991 – Director of Defense Policy and Arms Control, National Security Council.
1991-1993 – Chief, Secretary of the Air Force General Staff Group.
1993-1995 – Director of Intelligence, US European Command
1996-1997 – Commander of the Air Intelligence Agency and Director of the Joint Command and Control Warfare Center.
1997-1999 – Deputy Chief of Staff, United Nations Command and US Forces Korea.
1999-2005 – Director of the National Security Agency.
April 2005 – He is named principal deputy director of national intelligence.
May 8, 2006 – President George W. Bush appoints Hayden as director of the CIA.
May 30, 2006 – Takes oath as director of the CIA.
February 5, 2008 – During his testimony before Congress, Hayden acknowledges for the first time that the CIA has used waterboarding in interrogating detainees.
1st of July, 2008 – He retires from the Air Force.
February 12, 2009 – Resigns as director of the CIA.
February 13, 2009 – Leon Panetta is sworn in as the new director of the CIA.
April 2009 – He joins the Chertoff Group, a security consulting firm founded by Michael Chertoff, former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
September 11, 2014 – In an interview with US News and World Report, Hayden compares the White House strategy of using airstrikes against ISIS to casual sex. Hayden says: “Reliance on air power has all the appeal of casual sex: it seems to offer gratification but with very little commitment.”
December 9, 2014 – Senate releases report criticizing CIA interrogation tactics used against terrorists detained during Bush era. Hayden responds in an interview with Politico, calling the Senate's findings “analytically offensive.”
February 23, 2016 – Hayden's book “Playing on the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror” is published.
August 9, 2016 – After signing a letter, along with 49 other Republican national security officials, declaring Donald Trump unqualified to be president, Hayden tells CNN that Trump represents a “clear and present danger” and says he “fears for our future.” if Trump governs as he has. he campaigned.
May 1, 2018 – Hayden's book “The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies” is published.
November 23, 2018 – According to a statement released by his family, Hayden suffered a stroke at his home earlier in the week.
January 18, 2019 – Hayden returns home after suffering a stroke.
October 7, 2020 – Hayden tells CNN's Jim Sciutto that re-electing Trump would be “very bad for America,” while endorsing Democratic nominee Joe Biden for president.
