General Michael Hayden is a retired four-star general who served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency.
As head of the United States' premier intelligence agencies, he was on the frontline of global change, the war on terrorism and the growing cyber challenge. In addition to leading CIA and NSA, General Hayden was the country's first Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence and the highest-ranking military intelligence officer.
General Hayden is currently a Principal at the Chertoff Group and a distinguished visiting professor at the George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government. His recent memoir, Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror, has been a New York Times best-seller and was recently selected as one of the 100 most notable books of 2016.