American - Public | March 17, 1945 -
Accusations fit on a bumper sticker; the truth takes longer.
Michael Hayden
TruthFitStickerTakesLonger
To be perfectly candid, we're better at stealing other people's secrets than anyone else in the world. But we self-limit. We steal secrets to keep our citizens free and safe.
PeopleCandidWorldFreeBetter
The problem with cyber weapons for a country like ours is the ability to control them.
ControlProblemCountryCyberLike
Responsibility demands action, and dealing with the immediate threat must naturally be a top priority.
ResponsibilityActionTopMust
I'm not hugging the Guantanamo location, but our right to hold people under the laws of war as enemy combatants, I think, is unarguable, and we need to stand up for that.
WarPeopleStand UpThinkStandUp
In my own private-sector work, I have become intrigued with RIWI, a Canadian based company that surveys random respondents on the Web to measure attitudes in otherwise hard-to-reach places.
WorkRandomMeasureMy OwnBecome
When asked if I miss being in government, I usually try to lighten the moment by responding that I awake most days, read the paper, and then observe that, 'It's yet another great day to be the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency.'
GreatMomentDayIntelligenceTry
Xi agreed to the American definition of legitimate espionage. In other words, you don't use the power of the state to steal secrets for profit.
PowerWordsAmericanYouSecrets
People have a right to privacy, but they also have a right to live. Fundamentally, we need cybersecurity and need to secure communications as well.
LivePeoplePrivacyNeedRightWell
The arc of technology is in the direction of unbreakable encryption, and no laws are going to get in the way of that reality.
TechnologyDirectionRealityWayGet
American political elites feel very empowered to criticize the American intelligence community for not doing enough when they feel in danger, and as soon as we've made them feel safe again, they feel equally empowered to complain that we're doing too much.
CommunityIntelligenceFeelPolitical
I know of no government official who would welcome an army of inspectors general combing through four years of emails on their unclassified accounts. That's why they use government accounts, where the government remains responsible for security, and they don't mingle personal correspondence with official.
GovernmentWelcomeArmySecurityWhy
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Michael Hayden quotes