Donate

Michael Hayden

Former CIA Director John Brennan is shown wearing a suit and red tie departing from a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in Washington, May 2018.

Trump revokes ex-CIA chief’s security clearance, slamming critic

Former CIA Director John Brennan said on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump’s decision to revoke his security clearance was part of an effort to silence critics.

Former CIA Director Michael Hayden says President Trump's disclosure of classified information to Russian diplomats has put the national security bureaucracy on its back foot.

It’s not like Trump’s ‘whispering this to Theresa May,’ laments a former CIA chief

Global Politics
Hayden

Former NSA director says this White House can’t handle the truth

Conflict
Former director of the NSA and CIA, Michael Hayden, at a cyber security conference in 2014

Former CIA chief calls Trump ‘Moscow’s useful idiot’

Global Politics
CIA Director Michael Hayden speaks to reporters upon his arrival in the Capitol for a meeting with the House Appropriations Committee's Select Intelligence Oversight Subcommittee, in Washington December 13, 2007.

Ex-CIA director to Trump: ‘Bring your own bucket’ if you want to waterboard

Justice
Tell us about your experience accessing The World

We want to hear your feedback so we can keep improving our website, theworld.org. Please fill out this quick survey and let us know your thoughts (your answers will be anonymous). Thanks for your time!

We respect your time, attention and privacy

This is a news website, not a click casino. We do NOT employ deceptive behaviors, display annoying ads or use third party cookies and trackers to monetize your visit or help advertisers track you across the internet.

Simply, we ask that you would consider a donation to support the journalism we produce every weekday. Thank you.

This is The World

The World is a public radio program and podcast that crosses borders and time zones to bring home the stories that matter.

Follow The World

Subscribe to The World’s Latest Edition podcast for free using your favorite podcast player: