Michael Hayden

City honors CIA chief with street sign near Heinz Field

Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008

City officials have erected a street sign near Heinz Field honoring Gen. Michael Hayden, who grew up in the North Side.

A Familiar Situation

Blogger News Network (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008

On Monday, July 28, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani attended a dinner hosted by Pakistan’s ambassador to United States Hussain Haqqan. Also present at the occasion were top US officials, including CIA chief Michael Hayden and Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher. According to the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), Mr. [...]

CIA Director Michael Hayden's Post at the Steelers' Heinz Field

OTB News (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008

He’s posted at Heinz Field but his situation is more friendly than the Patriots’ spy scandal.

CIA Director Michael Hayden's Post at the Steelers' Heinz Field

US News (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008

He's posted at Heinz Field but his situation is more friendly than the Patriots' spy scandal.

Not your father's CIA

Power Line (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008

According to the Washington Post , when Michael Hayden became the director of the CIA he wrote a memo stating that "CIA needs to get out of the news as source or subject." Two years later, the Post correctly assesses, "that goal is far from met," and Hayden is still stressing the need for the agency to "stay in the shadows." It's a hopeless quest. To be "out of the news as source or subject" means...

• Director Tries To Repair CIA As Scrutiny By Congress Grows - Free Internet Press

The Sooner the Hayden Era Ends, the Better

Blue Girl, Red State (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008

Of course, the man who presided over the debacle of 9/11, the fallout over waterboarding, and the explosion of private contractors probably isn't the right guy for the job--and the sooner the Michael Hayden era ends, the better. He should never again be put in charge of any agency or any aspect of US intelligence. Soon after accepting the post of CIA director two years ago, Michael V. Hayden set an...

You've gotta have heart

Out West Arts (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008

Michael Hayden as Giovanni and René Augesen as Annabella. Photo : Kevin Berne/ACT San Francisco 2008 Before reading this please be aware I couldn't care less about spoilers so if you do, perhaps you should go elsewhere. One of the events I didn’t get around to writing about during my recent visit to San Francisco was ACT ’s current production of John Ford’s 16th-century morality play ’Tis Pity She’s...

AL QAEDA'S VIETNAM: MELTING DOWN IN MESOPATAMIA

Doc's Talk (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008

http://www.nypost.com/seven/06172008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/al_qaeda s_vietnam_115861.htm By RICH LOWRY June 17, 2008 -- LATELY, the Iraq War has looked more and more like another Vietnam - not for us, but for al Qaeda. CIA Director Michael Hayden says the terror group has suffered"near-strategic defeat" in Iraq. It has been routed from Anbar, Diyala and Baghdad provinces, and now is getting a...

Today in the Department of Defense, Friday, June 20, 2008

The Conservative Voice Columns (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates speaks at the military retirement of Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden at 10 a.m. EDT at Bolling Air Force Base, Washington D.C. Point of contact is Col. Marcella Adams, 703-693-9085, Marcella.adams@pentagon.af.mil .

al qaeda's quamire

Dr Roy's Thoughts (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008

Rich Lowry's writes about al qaeda's vietnam. Hopefully the defeatocrats won't be allowed to reverse this. Al-Qaida's Vietnam By Rich Lowry Al Qaeda Setbacks Lately, the Iraq War has looked more and more like another Vietnam -- not for us, but for al-Qaida. CIA Director Michael Hayden says the terror group has suffered "near-strategic defeat" in Iraq. It has been routed from Anbar, Diyala and Baghdad...

Al Qaeda's Iraq quagmire

PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008

Rich Lowry: LATELY, the Iraq War has looked more and more like another Vietnam - not for us, but for al Qaeda. CIA Director Michael Hayden says the terror group has suffered "near-strategic defeat" in Iraq. It has been routed from Anbar, Diyala and Baghdad provinces, and now is getting a beating in its last stronghold of Mosul, in the north. It is reviled by the Iraqi populace, and its downward trajectory...

• Al-Qaeda’s Vietnam; An Islamist backlash - The Two Malcontents
• Lowry: Al-Qaedas Vietnam - National Review Online

Al Qaeda's Vietnam

NonParty Politics (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008

The New York Post : June 17, 2008 -- LATELY, the Iraq War has looked more and more like another Vietnam - not for us, but for al Qaeda. CIA Director Michael Hayden says the terror group has suffered "near-strategic defeat" in Iraq. It has been routed from Anbar, Diyala and Baghdad provinces, and now is getting a beating in its last stronghold of Mosul, in the north. It is reviled by the Iraqi populace,...

How Iraq Got Her Groove On

Lord Nazh's Daily Ramble (Free subscription) | 06/15/2008

America is very close to succeeding in Iraq. The "near-strategic defeat" of al Qaeda in Iraq described by CIA Director Michael Hayden last month in the Washington Post has been followed by the victory of the Iraqi government's security forces over illegal Shiite militias, including Iranian-backed Special Groups. The enemies of Iraq and America now cling desperately to their last bastions, while the...

Theater Review

Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 06/14/2008

SAN FRANCISCO – Love, lust and politics can't help but generate electrifying dramatic possibilities. Kevin Berne Giovanni (Michael Hayden) and Annabella (René Augesen) admit their love in " 'Tis Pity She's a Whore," John Ford's tragedy of lust and revenge written in 1630.

How Iraq Got Her Groove On

GrEaT sAtAn'S gIrLfRiEnD (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008

America is very close to succeeding in Iraq. The "near-strategic defeat" of al Qaeda in Iraq described by CIA Director Michael Hayden last month in the Washington Post has been followed by the victory of the Iraqi government's security forces over illegal Shiite militias, including Iranian-backed Special Groups. The enemies of Iraq and America now cling desperately to their last bastions, while the...