Michael Hayden (general)

Michael Vincent Hayden was born on March 17, 1945, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to an Irish-American couple, Sadie (Murray) and Harry V. Hayden Jr.,{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/triblive-pittsburgh-tribune-review/obituary.aspx?pid=177051027 |title=Harry V. Hayden Jr. |work=Pittsburgh Tribune Review |access-date=February 28, 2016 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305043039/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/triblive-pittsburgh-tribune-review/obituary.aspx?pid=177051027 |url-status=live }} who worked as a welder for a Pennsylvania manufacturing company. He has a sister, Debby, and a brother, Harry.

Hayden attended St. Peter's Elementary School where, in 7th and 8th grade he played quarterback on the school football team and was coached by the late Dan Rooney, the son of the founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Hayden graduated from North Catholic High School. One of his first jobs was as an equipment manager for the Steelers.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/02/AR2008110202621.html?sid=ST2008110202670&s_pos= |title=Mike Wise: The Spy Who Loved Rooney |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 3, 2008 |access-date=March 6, 2012 |archive-date=November 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112160459/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/02/AR2008110202621.html?sid=ST2008110202670&s_pos= |url-status=live }} He went on to Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1967 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant. He then attended graduate school at Duquesne for a master's degree in modern American history.

Hayden was commissioned through Duquesne University's Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps program,Ceremony program, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Distinguished Alumni Induction, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, July 26, 2011, page 5. and entered active military service in 1969.

Hayden worked at the U.S. Embassy in the then-People's Republic of Bulgaria and in intelligence in Guam. He served on the National Security Council, Washington, D.C. and in senior staff positions for Pentagon, U.S. European Command headquarters in Stuttgart, and then as deputy chief of staff for the United Nations Command and U.S. Forces Korea, Yongsan Garrison. The general served as director of the Joint Command and Control Warfare Center, at Lackland Air Force Base.

From 1996 to 1997, Hayden remained at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, as commander of the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency. AIA is staffed by 16,000 personnel charged with defending and exploiting the "information domain".{{cite web |date=July 1997 |work=Popular Science |title=Information Warriors of the 609th |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZXx0OlBtGEEC&pg=PA71 |pages=71–74; here: p. 74 |last=O'Malley |first=Chris |access-date=January 1, 2016 |archive-date=January 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115222638/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZXx0OlBtGEEC&pg=PA71 |url-status=live }}

In February of 1999 Hayden was nominated by President Bill Clinton be the director of the NSA and chief of the Central Security Service at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. He served in that capacity 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/06/AR2006050601069.html |title=Hayden Faces Senate and CIA Hurdles If Named |date=May 7, 2006 |first1=Thomas E. |last1=Ricks |first2=Dafna |last2=Linz |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=March 12, 2017 |archive-date=March 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301011040/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/06/AR2006050601069.html |url-status=live }}

Hayden came to the NSA at a time of upheaval in the agency. Internal government analysis indicated it suffered from a lack of quality management and outdated IT infrastructure. Soon after he came on board, a huge part of the NSA network system crashed and was down for several days. Part of his plan to revitalize the agency was to introduce more outside contractors, convince older managers to retire, and generally overhaul management structures. He also wanted to increase openness at the agency, as it had historically been one of the most secretive organs of government. He even allowed James Bamford access for his book Body of Secrets.James Bamford, Body of Secrets, Doubleday, 2001 Initially, Hayden was extremely concerned with following laws against domestic surveillance.{{cite web |url=http://intelligence.senate.gov/0210hrg/021017/hayden.pdf |title=Statement for the record by Lieutenant General Michael V. Hayden, USAF, Director, NSA / Chief, Central Security Service, before the Joint inquiry of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence |date=October 17, 2002 |at=Section 27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050331021637/http://intelligence.senate.gov/0210hrg/021017/hayden.pdf |archive-date=March 31, 2005 }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.eff.org/cases/nsa-multi-district-litigation |title=NSA Multi-District Litigation |date=July 1, 2011 |website=Electronic Frontier Foundation |access-date=December 18, 2020 |archive-date=December 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221055829/https://www.eff.org/cases/nsa-multi-district-litigation |url-status=live }}

On 9/11, Hayden immediately evacuated all non-essential personnel from NSA headquarters. After 9/11, the agency greatly increased its activity. Many reports say that after 9/11, Hayden became increasingly concerned with stopping terrorism, and allegedly softened his stance against domestic surveillance. Hayden said that he believed everything the agency was doing was "effective, appropriate, and lawful".{{cite magazine |last1=Mayer |first1=Jane |title=The Secret Sharer: Thomas Drake vs. the NSA |url=https://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/05/23/110523fa_fact_mayer |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=26 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702114513/http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/05/23/110523fa_fact_mayer |archive-date=2 July 2014 |date=23 May 2011}} Details about the NSA's operations have been largely hidden, but it played a major role in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the War on Terror. One notable example is the NSA's relationship with the unmanned aerial vehicle 'drone' program.James Bamford, The Shadow Factory, 2008, Doubleday{{page needed|date=April 2017}}

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Hayden also championed the Trailblazer Project, a "transformation" effort to better apply information technology. The project was criticized internally by some NSA staff, for omitting privacy protections for United States citizens. Such omissions constituted a potential failure, subjecting the NSA to external critical feedback, including Diane S Roark, of the House Intelligence Committee. NSA employees Thomas Andrews Drake, William Binney, and J. Kirk Wiebe voiced similar concerns. Hayden rebuked these NSA staff and several resigned in protest. After investigation by the NSA inspector general, the DOD inspector general, and Congress, Trailblazer was shut down.

As part of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, the CIA director would no longer run the intelligence community. Instead, a new office was created for this purpose: the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). General Hayden became the Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence from May 2005 to May 2006 under the first Director, John Negroponte.

On January 23, 2006, Hayden appeared at a news conference.[http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/24/1516258 Democracy Now! coverage of January 23 National Press Club meeting] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060511072513/http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06%2F01%2F24%2F1516258 |date=May 11, 2006}}, September 7, 2010 A C-Span videoUser Clip: Michael Hayden Rejects Concept Of Probable Cause In Fourth [https://www.c-span.org/clip/national-press-club/user-clip-michael-hayden-rejects-concept-of-probable-cause-in-fourth-amendment/4560247 Amendment] was posted of Hayden telling reporters in attendance that "probable cause" is not required for all searches or seizures under the Fourth Amendment, claiming instead that the standard is whether the search or seizure is reasonable. "Probable cause" is required for all warrants, whether or not the search or seizure is deemed to be "unreasonable".

=== Director of the CIA ===

On 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.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4750357.stm Hayden named as Bush CIA choice] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060624123517/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4750357.stm |date=June 24, 2006 }} May 8, 2006 Hayden was confirmed on May 26, 2006, as CIA director, 78–15, by full U.S. Senate vote.[https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00160 U.S. Senate: Legislation & Records Home > Votes > Roll Call Vote] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208065805/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00160 |date=February 8, 2018 }} May 26, 2006

In May 2006, USA Today reported that, under Hayden's leadership, the NSA created a domestic telephone call database. During his CIA director nomination hearings, Hayden defended his actions to Senator Russ Feingold and others. Hayden stated that he had relied upon legal advice from the White House, that warrantless surveillance would not have required a warrant from a FISA court. The stated purpose of the database was to eavesdrop on international communications between persons within the U.S. and individuals and groups overseas in order to locate terrorists.{{cite web |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/library/news/2006/intell-060123-dni01.htm |title=Remarks By General Michael V. Hayden: What American Intelligence & Especially The NSA Have Been Doing To Defend The Nation |author=John Pike |access-date=May 10, 2006 |quote=January 23, 2006, his testimony that, "One senior executive confided that the data management needs we outlined to him were larger than any he had previously seen" |archive-date=March 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327223654/http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/library/news/2006/intell-060123-dni01.htm |url-status=live}}

Critics of the Hayden's nomination and his attempts to increase domestic surveillance included Senator Dianne Feinstein who stated on May 11, 2006, that "I happen to believe we are on our way to a major constitutional confrontation on Fourth Amendment guarantees of unreasonable search and seizure".[http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/11/nsa.phonerecords/index.html Bush says U.S. not 'trolling through personal lives'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615052647/http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/11/nsa.phonerecords/index.html |date=June 15, 2006 }}, CNN, May 12, 2006

File:Hayden cia nomination.jpg announces his nomination of Hayden as the next Director of the CIA as Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte looks on.]]

In 2007, Hayden pushed to allow the CIA to conduct drone strikes purely on the behavior of ground vehicles, with no further evidence of connection to terrorism.Porter, Gareth. [http://www.ipsnews.net/2011/09/cias-push-for-drone-war-driven-by-internal-needs/ "CIA's Push for Drone War Driven by Internal Needs."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725011350/http://www.ipsnews.net/2011/09/cias-push-for-drone-war-driven-by-internal-needs/ |date=July 25, 2013 }} IPS, September 5, 2011.

Hayden has been accused of lying to Congress during his 2007 testimony about the CIA's 'enhanced interrogation program."[https://time.com/3628324/torture-congress-lying-hayden/ What Happens When You Lie To Congress?] " Time. December 10, 2014."[https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2014-12-09/michael-hayden-the-nations-biggest-liar-or-unassailable-patriot Michael Hayden: The Nation's Biggest Liar, or Unassailable Patriot?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220190929/https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2014-12-09/michael-hayden-the-nations-biggest-liar-or-unassailable-patriot |date=December 20, 2016 }}". Bloomberg. December 10, 2014. Many critics of enhanced interrogation techniques maintain that they were torture and did not yield reliable information from CIA detainees.{{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303745304576359820767777538 |access-date=26 July 2024 |title=Birthers, Truthers and Interrogation Deniers |last1=Hayden |first1=Michael |date=June 2011 |work=The Wall Street Journal |archive-date=27 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827034140/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303745304576359820767777538}} Hayden said the notion that enhanced interrogation never yields useful intelligence is not credible and is merely the opinion of "interrogation deniers". The 2014 Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture cited an email indicating that as CIA Director, Hayden instructed that out-of-date information be used in briefing Congress so that fewer than 100 Guantanamo Bay detainees would be reported.{{cite web |last=Ashkenas |first=Jeremy |date=December 9, 2014 |title=7 Key Points From the C.I.A. Torture Report |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/12/09/world/cia-torture-report-key-points.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=June 9, 2014 |archive-date=December 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213110713/http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/12/09/world/cia-torture-report-key-points.html |url-status=live}}

In 2008 Hayden warned of the destabilizing consequences of Muslim migration to Europe, and that it might cause mass outbreaks of civil unrest.{{cite news |author=Joby Warrick |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/30/AR2008043003258.html |title=CIA Chief Sees Unrest Rising With Population |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=April 30, 2008 |access-date=September 4, 2017 |archive-date=September 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904143450/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/30/AR2008043003258.html?nav=rss_world |url-status=live}}

In his memoir, Leon Panetta said that Hayden had hoped to be retained as CIA director by the Obama administration.{{cite book |last=Panetta |first=Leon |date=September 15, 2015 |title=Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace |publisher=Penguin Books |pages=293–294 |isbn=978-0143127802}} Panetta was appointed instead. In conversations with Panetta, Hayden encouraged him to advise the president to protect the CIA's right to engage in enhanced interrogation techniques as well as to avoid suggesting that CIA officers had ever tortured terrorists.

In September 2013, Hayden stressed the indisputable legality of "what the NSA is doing" and called Edward Snowden a "troubled young man" and "morally arrogant to a tremendous degree".{{cite news |last=Peterson |first=Andrea |title=Former NSA chief: 'Morally arrogant' Snowden will probably become an alcoholic |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/09/17/former-nsa-chief-morally-arrogant-snowden-will-probably-become-an-alcoholic/ |newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=September 18, 2013|archive-date=September 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921063517/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/09/17/former-nsa-chief-morally-arrogant-snowden-will-probably-become-an-alcoholic/?tid=btm_rex_1 |url-status=live}}

In December 2013, after the P5+1 reached a nuclear agreement with Iran, Hayden said, "We have accepted Iranian uranium enrichment."{{cite news|last=Seher|first=Jason|title=Former CIA head: U.S. has 'accepted Iranian uranium enrichment' |publisher=CNN |url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/12/01/former-cia-head-u-s-has-accepted-iranian-uranium-enrichment/?hpt=po_c2 |access-date=December 2, 2013 |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203055725/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/12/01/former-cia-head-u-s-has-accepted-iranian-uranium-enrichment/?hpt=po_c2 |url-status=dead}}

Hayden worked for a number of years as a principal at the Chertoff Group, a security consultancy, but left at the end of 2022. He serves on the board of directors of the Atlantic Council,{{Cite web |url=https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/about/board-of-directors/ |title=Board of Director |website=Atlantic Council |language=en-US |access-date=2020-02-11 |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308225111/https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/about/board-of-directors/ |url-status=live}} and co-founded the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security. Hayden is currently on the advisory board of NewsGuard.{{Cite web |url=https://www.newsguardtech.com/our-advisory-board/ |title=Our Advisors}}

In January 2025, President Trump revoked Michael Hayden's security clearance.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-21 |title=Holding Former Government Officials Accountable for Election Interference and Improper Disclosure of Sensitive Governmental Information |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/holding-former-government-officials-accountablefor-election-interference-and-improper-disclosure-of-sensitive-governmental-information/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=White House |language=en}}

{{See also|NSA warrantless surveillance (2001–07)|Global surveillance disclosures (2013–present)}}

During his tenure as director, Hayden oversaw the controversial NSA surveillance of technological communications between persons in the United States and alleged foreign terrorist groups. Numerous commentators have accused Hayden of lying to congress, and breaking the law.{{Cite web |date=2006-05-18 |title=The Hayden Nomination: Should Officials Who Break the Law Be Promoted? |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-hayden-nomination-sho_b_21204 |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=HuffPost |language=en}} Hayden misled Congress in his 2002 testimony, when he testified that any surveillance of persons in the United States was consistent with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA); in fact, legislative branch statutes forbid warrantless surveillance of domestic calls unless approved by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance court under FISA.{{Cite web |title=Stop treating former CIA chief Michael Hayden as an arbiter of truth |url=https://www.cjr.org/first_person/cia_michael_hayden_expert.php |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=Columbia Journalism Review |language=en}} In United States v. Moalin (2020), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the NSA program of mass surveillance of Americans' telephone records violated FISA and possibly the Fourth Amendment.{{Cite web |title=Court rules NSA phone snooping illegal – after 7-year delay |url=https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/09/02/court-rules-nsa-phone-snooping-illegal-407727 |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=www.politico.com|date=September 2, 2020 }}{{Cite news |date=2020-09-02 |title=U.S. court: Mass surveillance program exposed by Snowden was illegal |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-nsa-spying-idUSKBN25T3CK |access-date=2022-07-08}}

File:Michael Hayden by Gage Skidmore.jpg (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, on 27 February 2015]]

On 20 August 2020, Hayden, a political independent, along with over 130 former Republican national security officials, signed a statement that asserted that President Trump was unfit to serve another term, and "To that end, we are firmly convinced that it is in the best interest of our nation that Vice President Joe Biden be elected as the next President of the United States, and we will vote for him."{{cite web |url=https://www.defendingdemocracytogether.org/national-security/ |title=Former Republican National Security Officials for Biden |date=20 August 2020 |website=Defending Democracy Together |access-date=26 August 2021}}

In early October 2020, he endorsed Joe Biden in the presidential election.{{Cite news |last=Gstalter |first=Morgan |date=October 7, 2020 |title=Hayden endorses Biden, says Trump 'doesn't care about facts' |language=en |work=The Hill |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/519940-hayden-endorses-biden-says-trump-doesnt-care-about-facts |access-date=October 7, 2020 |archive-date=October 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007221013/https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/519940-hayden-endorses-biden-says-trump-doesnt-care-about-facts |url-status=live }}

In response to a request made by future Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Hayden was one of the 51 former U.S. intelligence officials who signed an October 19, 2020, letter that said the Hunter Biden laptop story "has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2022/10/19/its-been-two-years-since-51-intelligence-agents-interfered-with-an-election-they-still-wont-apologize/ | title=It's been two years since 51 intelligence agents interfered with an election -- they still won't apologize | date=October 20, 2022 }}

In October 2023, Hayden posted on social media that Senator Tommy Tuberville, who had been delaying certain military promotions in the Senate, should be "removed" from the human race.{{Cite web |url=https://www.al.com/news/2023/10/ex-cia-director-suggests-tuberville-be-removed-from-the-human-race-for-promotion-freeze.html |title=Ex-CIA director suggests Tuberville be removed from 'the human race' for promotion freeze |last=Roop |first=Lee |work=AL.com |date=October 10, 2023 |access-date=October 10, 2023}} Hayden's comments were perceived by the news media as an apparent threat to and possible call for Tuberville's assassination. Later, Hayden appeared to double down on his comments on Tuberville being "removed" from the human race, saying that "MAGAnuts had lost their mind" over his Twitter posts. In reaction, General Michael Flynn said that Hayden should be arrested.{{Cite web |url=https://1819news.com/news/item/gen-flynn-calls-for-arrest-of-former-cia-director-hayden-for-posting-threat-against-tuberville-hayden-doubles-down |title=Gen. Flynn calls for arrest of former CIA director Hayden for posting threat against Tuberville; Hayden doubles down |last=Taylor |first=Daniel |work=1819 News |date=October 10, 2023 |access-date=October 10, 2023}}

Tuberville reported Hayden to the United States Capitol Police for the comments, saying that Hayden had called for his "politically motivated assassination".{{Cite web |url=https://www.al.com/news/2023/10/tuberville-reports-ex-cia-director-to-capitol-police-claims-michael-hayden-called-for-his-assassination.html |title=Tuberville reports ex-CIA director to Capitol Police, claims Michael Hayden called for his 'assassination' |last=Koplowitz |first=Howard |work=AL.com |date=October 10, 2023 |access-date=October 13, 2023}}

On January 20, 2025 President Donald J. Trump revoked the security clearances of Michael Hayden rendering him excluded from the U.S.A. Intelligence Services for what the President described as "willfully weaponizing the gravitas of the Intelligence Community to manipulate the political process and undermine our democratic institutions."{{Cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/01/21/trump-security-clearance-intelligence-officials/77836191007/ |title=Trump revokes security clearances of former intelligence officials |last1=Chambers |first1=Francesca |last2=Meyer |first2=Josh |work=usatoday.com |date=21 January 2025 |access-date=21 January 2025}}

Hayden is married to the former Jeanine Carrier. They have a daughter Margaret and two sons, Michael and Liam. Hayden continues to be an avid fan of his hometown Pittsburgh Steelers, traveling with his wife to several games a year.

In November 2018, Hayden was hospitalized after suffering a stroke.{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-cia-nsa-director-hospitalized-after-suffering-stroke-n939556 |title=Former CIA, NSA director Michael Hayden hospitalized after suffering stroke |last=Martinez|first=Didi|date=November 23, 2018|work=NBC News|access-date=November 24, 2018|archive-date=November 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124042418/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-cia-nsa-director-hospitalized-after-suffering-stroke-n939556|url-status=live}} He recovered, but now suffers from aphasia as a result.{{Cite web |last=Hayden |first=Michael |date=2019-05-02 |title=Michael Hayden: Surviving a stroke |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/02/opinions/michael-hayden-surviving-a-stroke/index.html |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=CNN |language=en}}

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{{USAF DOR O-10|10=April 22, 2005|9=May 1, 1999|8=October 1, 1996|7=September 1, 1993|6=November 1, 1990|5=February 1, 1985|4=June 1, 1980|3=December 7, 1971|2=June 7, 1970|1=June 2, 1967}}

In 2007, Hayden received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.{{cite news |title=2007 Summit Highlights Photo |url=https://achievement.org/summit/2007/ |quote=The Director of the CIA, General Michael Hayden, is presented with the Golden Plate Award by John Negroponte |access-date=January 7, 2021 |archive-date=November 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103030229/https://achievement.org/summit/2007/ |url-status=live }} In 2008, in his native Northside neighborhood, the city of Pittsburgh named a part of a street going past Heinz Field in his honor.{{cite web |last=Bedard |first=Paul |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2008/07/29/cia-director-michael-haydens-post-at-the-steelers-heinz-field |title=CIA Director Michael Hayden's Post at the Steelers' Heinz Field – Washington Whispers |publisher=US News |date=July 29, 2008 |access-date=March 6, 2012 |archive-date=March 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305204652/http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2008/07/29/cia-director-michael-haydens-post-at-the-steelers-heinz-field |url-status=live }}

On July 26, 2011, Hayden was inducted into the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Distinguished Alumni in a ceremony at Maxwell AFB, Alabama, officiated by Lt. Gen. Allen G. Peck, commander, Air University. He serves as a member of the board of advisors of the Military Cyber Professionals Association (MCPA)Board of Advisors, Military Cyber Professionals Association, https://public.milcyber.org/leadership/advisors {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418082142/http://public.milcyber.org/leadership/advisors |date=April 18, 2017 }}

• {{cite book |author=Hayden, Michael V. |title=Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror |location=New York |publisher=Penguin Press |year=2016 |isbn=9781594206566 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/playingtoedgeame00hayd }}
• {{cite book |author=Hayden, Michael V. |title=The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies |location=New York |publisher=Penguin Press |year=2018 |isbn=9780525558583}}

• {{cite magazine |author=Packer, George |author-link=George Packer |date=March 7, 2016 |title=Can You Keep a Secret? The Former C.I.A. Chief Michael Hayden on Torture and Transparency |department=Books |magazine=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=4 |pages=67–69 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/03/07/michael-hayden-comes-out-of-the-shadows }}Online version is titled "A spymaster opens up".

Playing to the Edge was one of The New York Times Book Review{{'}}s 100 Most Notable Books of 2016.{{Cite magazine |title=100 Notable Books of 2016 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/books/review/100-notable-books-of-2016.html |magazine=The New York Times Book Review |date=November 23, 2016 |access-date=July 14, 2018 |archive-date=December 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202062025/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/books/review/100-notable-books-of-2016.html |url-status=live }}

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• [https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/104763/general-michael-v-hayden/ Official Air Force biography]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080813025057/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/leadership/hayden.html Official CIA biography]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090405080559/http://www.nsa.gov/about/leadership/bio_hayden.shtml Official NSA biography]
• {{C-SPAN|92893}}
• [http://www.c-span.org/video/?197533-1/qa-michael-hayden C-SPAN Q&A interview with Hayden, April 15, 2007]
• {{IMDb name|2183471|Michael Hayden}}

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