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- Under Hayden's leadership, the NSA created a domestic telephone call database defended his actions that building the database was supported by Article Two of the United States Constitution executive branch powers overriding legislative branch statutes forbidding warrantless surveillance of domestic calls.
- Hayden also championed the Trailblazer Project which was criticized for not including privacy protections for United States citizens. After investigations by the NSA inspector general, the DOD inspector general, and Congress, Trailblazer was shut down.
- Hayden participated in a news conference telling reporters at a press conference that "probable cause" is not required for all searches or seizures under the Fourth Amendment, claiming instead that the standard is whether the search or seizure is reasonable. "Probable cause" is required for all warrants whether or not the search or seizure is deemed to be "unreasonable."
- Hayden has been accused of lying to Congress during his 2007 testimony about the CIA's 'enhanced interrogation program.
- Hayden lobbied to allow the CIA to conduct drone strikes purely on the behavior of ground vehicles, with no further evidence of connection to terrorism.
- Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture cited an email prepared by a subordinate that indicated that as CIA Director, Hayden instructed that out-of-date information be used in briefing Congress so that fewer than 100 Guantanamo Bay detainees would be reported.
FBI Investigated Former CIA Chief Michael Hayden in Secret-Spilling Case
https://www.thedailybeast.com/exclus...-spilling-case
Hayden has a long history of making misleading and outright false statements
https://www.cjr.org/first_person/cia...den_expert.php
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