Transcript: Interview with former CIA, NSA chief Michael Hayden

PUBLISHED: 19 Jul 2013 | http://www.afr.com/p/national/transcript_interview_with_former_KnS7JDIrw73GWlljxA7vdK

Christopher Joye
The Australian Financial Review held an exclusive interview with General Michael Hayden on a wide range of national security issues. Mr Hayden is the only American to have led both the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency. He served as director of the NSA between 1999 and 2005, having been appointed by President Bill Clinton. He was appointed director of the CIA by President George W. Bush in 2006 and retired in 2009. Between his NSA and CIA roles Mr Hayden was the Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence over 2005 and 2006, which meant he was the highest-ranking military intelligence officer in the US armed forces.
Mr Hayden is currently a distinguished visiting professor at the George Mason University School of Public Policy, a principal at the Chertoff Group, a security consultancy, and a director of Motorola Solutions, which provides two-way radios, smart tags, bar code scanners, and specialist public safety products to law enforcement agencies and business.
Mr Hayden stated that this is the most in-depth, on-the-record interview he has given to print or visual media since retiring as director of the CIA in 2009. He has not given an Australian interview before.