Michael Hayden

February 21, 2008 -- Statement to CIA employees by Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, General Mike Hayden on the past use of Diego Garcia:

The British Government announced today that the United States recently provided information on rendition flights through Diego Garcia—a UK territory in the Indian Ocean—that contradicted earlier data from us. Our government had told the British that there had been no rendition flights involving their soil or airspace since 9/11. That information, supplied in good faith, turned out to be wrong.    » read more »

February 11, 2008 -- Statement to Employees by Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, General Mike Hayden on 9/11 War Crimes Charges:    » read more »

05 February 2008 -- The director of the Central Intelligence Agency has confirmed that his agency used the extreme interrogation technique known as waterboarding on three terrorism suspects nearly five years ago. In testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee Tuesday, Michael Hayden urged lawmakers not to place restrictions on the interrogation methods available to U.S. intelligence agencies.

Director Hayden's testimony was the most detailed description to date of the CIA's use of enhanced interrogation techniques.    » read more »

22 August 2007 -- A newly released report by the inspector general for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) says the former head of the agency failed to develop an effective counterterrorism strategy before the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.

CIA Director Michael Hayden released a summary of the 2005 report Tuesday in response to a law passed by Congress earlier this month.    » read more »