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Playing to the edge American intelligence in the age of terror

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For General Michael Hayden, playing to the edge means playing so close to the line that you get chalk dust on your cleats. Otherwise, by playing back, you may protect yourself, but you will be less successful in protecting America. "Play to the edge" was Hayden's guiding principle when he ran the Na...

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Main Author: Hayden, Michael V. (Michael Vincent), 1945- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Press, 2016.
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Hayden, Michael V. > (Michael Vincent), > 1945-
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency > Officials and employees > Biography.
United States. > National Security Agency > Officials and employees > Biography.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Extraordinary rendition > United States > History > 21st century.
Intelligence service > United States > History > 21st century.
National security > United States > History > 21st century.
Electronic surveillance > United States.
United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009.
Autobiographies.
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Summary:For General Michael Hayden, playing to the edge means playing so close to the line that you get chalk dust on your cleats. Otherwise, by playing back, you may protect yourself, but you will be less successful in protecting America. "Play to the edge" was Hayden's guiding principle when he ran the National Security Agency, and it remained so when he ran CIA. How did American intelligence respond to terrorism, a major war and the most sweeping technological revolution in the last 500 years? What was NSA before 9/11 and how did it change in its aftermath? Why did NSA begin the controversial terrorist surveillance program that included the acquisition of domestic phone records? What else was set in motion during this period that formed the backdrop for the infamous Snowden revelations in 2013? As Director of the CIA in the last three years of the Bush administration, Hayden had to deal with the rendition, detention, and interrogation program as bequeathed to him by his predecessors. He also had to ramp up the agency to support its role in the targeted killing program that began to dramatically increase in July 2008. Hayden freely acknowledges that the CIA helped turn the American security establishment into the most effective killing machine in the history of armed conflict. General Hayden's goals are in writing this book are simple and unwavering: No apologies. No excuses. Just what happened. And why.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:xiv, 448 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
ISBN:9781594206566 (hardback)
1594206562 (hardback)
Author Notes:Michael Vincent Hayden was born in 1945, in Pittsbugh, Pennsylvania. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Duquesne University (McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts). He went to have a career in the U.S. Air Force and intelligence. Today he is a retired United States Air Force four-star general and former Director of the National Security Agency, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Currently he is a Principal at The Chertoff Group and a distinguished visiting professor at the George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government. He is the author of Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror and The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies.

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