Michael Hayden
Events (82)
- January 9, 2000: NSA Not Asked about Nawaf Alhazmi 2000-01-09
- (After 10:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: CIA Establishes a Secure Line to the White House but Is Prevented from Getting the Latest Information from the NSA over It 2001-09-11
- (8:48 a.m.-9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Special NSA Warning Center First Learns from Television that US Is under Attack 2001-09-11
- (8:48 a.m.-9:04 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NSA Director Only Learns US Is Under Attack from TV Reports 2001-09-11
- (9:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Nonessential Personnel Evacuated from NSA Headquarters 2001-09-11
- After September 11, 2001: NSA Begins Huge Data Mining Project Similar to ‘Total Information Awareness’ 2001-09-11
- September 12, 2001: Sen. Orrin Hatch Reveals Bin Laden Aides Were Monitored Celebrating Success of 9/11 Attacks 2001-09-12
- September 13, 2001: NSA Begins Domestic Surveillance of International Telephone Communications 2001-09-13
- September 13, 2001: Hayden Tells NSA Agency Must Do More to Protect US from Terrorist Attacks 2001-09-13
- October 1, 2001: Hayden Briefs Intelligence Committee, Does Not Mention Wiretapping Program 2001-10-01
- October 4, 2001: Bush Authorizes NSA Domestic Spying 2001-10-04
- October 11, 2001: Pelosi Questions Warrantless Wiretaps of NSA 2001-10-11
- October 25, 2001 and November 14, 2001: Senior Lawmakers Briefed on NSA Wiretapping Program 2001-10-25
- October 31, 2001: Senior NSA Official Retires in Protest over Domestic Surveillance 2001-10-31
- Before October 31, 2001: NSA Official Reports Domestic Surveillance to Congress 2001-10-31
- June 19, 2002: Republican Senator Leaks Classified Info on NSA Intercepts to Fox Reporter 2002-06-19
- October 17, 2002: NSA Denies Having Indications of 9/11 Planning 2002-10-17
- December 11, 2002: 9/11 Congressional Inquiry Blames President Bush, CIA Director Tenet, and Others 2002-12-11
- March 9, 2003: UN Investigates NSA Wiretapping of Security Council Delegates 2003-03-09
- March 15, 2004 and After: Domestic Wiretapping Revelation Reignites 9/11 Hijacker Phone Call Debate 2004-03-15
- May 7, 2004: CIA Inspector General’s Report Concludes CIA Interrogation Techniques Likely Violate Treaty Against Torture; Cheney Prevents Report from Being Completed 2004-05-07
- August 2, 2005: New NIE Concludes Iran Ten Years Away From Possibly Deploying Nuclear Weapons 2005-08-02
- December 19, 2005: Gonzales and Hayden Defend NSA Warrantless Wiretapping Program 2005-12-19
- January 18, 2006: Nonpartisan Congressional Research Says Bush Violates Law by Not Briefing Congressional Intelligence Committees on NSA Wiretapping 2006-01-18
- January 23, 2006: Hayden Says NSA Warrantless Program Would Have Detected 9/11 Operatives; Overlooks NSA Monitoring Hijacker Calls 2006-01-23
- January 23, 2006: Hayden Claims NSA Wiretapping Program Authorized by White House 2006-01-23
- February 8-17, 2006: White House Cuts Deals with Congress to Avoid Full Hearings on Warrantless Wiretapping Program 2006-02-08
- February 11, 2006 and After: Newspaper Reveals AT&T Whistleblower’s Identity to Homeland Security Director, Spikes ‘Expose’ Story of NSA Wiretapping 2006-02-11
- May 5, 2006: CIA Director Goss Resigns amid Scandal; Replaced by Former NSA Director Michael Hayden 2006-05-05
- May 11-12, 2006: Hayden Disputes Allegations from Former Qwest CEO about NSA Domestic Surveillance 2006-05-11
- May 12, 2006: Telecoms Sued over Allegedly Illegal Cooperation with NSA’s Domestic Spying Program 2006-05-12
- June 1, 2006: Ousted CIA Official Returning as Deputy Director 2006-06-01
- September 23, 2006: Rumors of Bin Laden’s Death Again Precede Tape Release 2006-09-23
- November 15, 2006: CIA Director Says Lessons Learned in Iraq Are Being Applied in Afghanistan by Al-Qaeda and Taliban 2006-11-15
- November 15, 2006: CIA Director Hayden Testifies to Senate Committee on Weak Afghan Government, Highlighting Need for Bolstering Afghan Security Forces 2006-11-15
- January 10, 2007: President Bush Announces Deployment of Additional Aircraft Carrier to Persian Gulf 2007-01-10
- March 14, 2007: House Intelligence Committee Informed of Destruction of CIA Interrogation Tapes in ‘Offhand Comment’ 2007-03-14
- March 16, 2007: Plame Wilson Testifies about Outing, Covert Status 2007-03-16
- March 26, 2007: Former Los Angeles Times Editor Denies Decision Not to Publish NSA Wiretapping Story Came in Wake of Government Pressure 2007-03-26
- July 20, 2007: Bush Authorizes Continued ‘Harsh Interrogation’ Practices against Detainees 2007-07-20
- August 21, 2007: CIA Director Hayden Criticizes Publication of CIA Inspector General’s 9/11 Report 2007-08-21
- September 19, 2007: Terrorism Analyst Says It Is Better to Let Al-Qaeda Issue Videos 2007-09-19
- Before October 11, 2007: CIA Director Launches ‘Unusual’ Investigation of CIA’s Own Inspector General 2007-10-11
- December 6, 2007: CIA Pre-empts New York Times Article and Admits Destroying Videos of Detainee Interrogations; Political Outcry Follows 2007-12-06
- December 7, 2007: Legislators with CIA Oversight Say They Did Not Know About Tapes’ Destruction, Contradicting Hayden 2007-12-07
- December 11, 2007: Bush Says He Was Unaware of CIA Interrogation Videotapes and Their Destruction 2007-12-11
- December 11-12, 2007: Hayden Backtracks over CIA Tape Destruction Following Appearances Before House and Senate Committees 2007-12-11
- January 9, 2008: Pakistan Gives US Permission to Launch More Attacks on Al-Qaeda Targets in Tribal Region 2008-01-09
- February 5, 2008: Intelligence Officials Admit US Waterboarded Three Detainees 2008-02-05
- February 7, 2008: FBI, DIA Stand By Decision Not to Waterboard 2008-02-07