He's extraordinarily knowledgeable and eloquent in speaking. He had a lot of experience during his many year tenure at the NSA and CIA, and a stint at the DNI, not just in running the organizations but working with politicians from all political views and knows just about everything needed to give a good presentation.
His speaking skills excel far beyond many in the military who's sole answer to any question is a bazooka, but he's no less deadly than the ones who outweigh him physically or can flex more muscles or carry more gear ... the drones depend on him.
He's the ultimate “M” for the modern day USA.
There are loads of conspiracy theories in the world: Secret coalitions, Enemy Outside, Enemy Inside, Enemy Above, Enemy Below and many more categories with variations and permutations. While there are loads of conspiracy theories in the world, and some of them have turned out not to be theories at all but realities.
Historian Bruce Cumings said:
"But if conspiracies exist, they rarely move history; they make a difference at the margins from time to time, but with the unforeseen consequences of a logic outside the control of their authors: and this is what is wrong with 'conspiracy theory.' History is moved by the broad forces and large structures of human collectivities."
I don't think Bruce Cumings has met General Hayden.
What's most remarkable about General Hayden is that he's almost unremarkable; it's the perfect cover for the USA's top spy master. Someone you can underestimate but who will send a drone to your doorstep as a “thank you gift” with nary a qualm.
He's quick of wit and fast on his feet, unlike many of his successors who simply couldn't think up a good enough line at the time and ended up with testimony like the now infamous exchange between Ron Wyden, United States Senator for Oregon, Member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and James Clapper Director of National Intelligence on March 12, 2013, during a United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing,
Senator Wyden:One simply cannot imagine General Hayden landing in that uncomfortable spotlight. After all, his job is to stay out of the spotlight as much as possible while shining the same spotlight into every other aspect of our lives, including everyone on the planet no matter who they are or where they live.
"Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?"James Clapper Director of National Intelligence:
"No, sir."Senator Wyden:
"It does not?"James Clapper Director of National Intelligence:
"Not wittingly. There are cases where they could inadvertently, perhaps, collect, but not wittingly."
One of General Hayden's greatest assets within the Security Complex of the USA and it's closest allies (and not so close allies), is the ability to re-define any word in the English language to mean whatever he wants it to mean. It's an extraordinary gift.
One of the many short comings of English is that the language is highly flexible. Words change meaning and context all the time. Sometimes a word carries one connotation and then morphs into something completely different like the word: bork.
But General Hayden's ability is far superior to others because he does not have to redefine the words himself. He is highly persuasive at getting others to do it for him. His skill with words is deadly and the victims of his encounters surrendered not only their own freedoms but those of all the people that depended on their independence and their adherence to “norms” of the English language and it's usage, but in the end it was quite easy. A triumph none the less.
- Relevant = everything
- Not Wittingly = without having to think about it, the machines do it
- Inadvertent = we collect it all
- Cell phones = warheads on foreheads
- Metadata = We kill people based on metadata
- iPhone apps = 400,000 attacks
[General Hayden] and his wife were in an Apple store in Virginia ....
A salesman approached and raved about the iPhone, saying that there were already "400,000 apps" for the device.
Hayden, amused, turned to his wife and quietly asked: "This kid doesn't know who I am, does he? Four-hundred-thousand apps means 400,000 possibilities for attacks."
Der Spiegel On Line September 09, 2013
No matter how hard people might resist to begin with, General Hayden will win. Some like Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, then presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) and now a judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, lasted 2 visits before capitulating not only her judicial independence but the Constitution and all the freedoms of the American People.
He will always win.
General Hayden wins because he asks the one question that no one will answer any other way. As long as the answer remains the same he will win. His question controls the Congress, the President, the courts and the Supreme Court. It controls world leaders and policy makers everywhere. It controls how the world surveillance is setup and why it works. It controls business and affects everyone on the planet. He asks it whenever anyone questions him about the activities of the security services no matter what the circumstances.
How will you answer General Hayden's question?
If we halt what we are doing and there is another disaster like 9/11 (or even bigger than 9/11) and that disaster could have been stopped had we kept those programs, are you willing take responsibility for all the deaths and all the destruction.
Are you willing to put your name on the order that said “stop”?
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