Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security
The Hayden Center at the Schar School of Policy and Government provides for the full examination of intelligence and its interplay with US national security.
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A retired four-star general, General Michael V. Hayden is the founder of the Hayden Center and has been a distinguished visiting professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government since 2009. He is a CNN national security analyst and frequent commentator in top publications, and is valued for his expertise on intelligence matters, cyber security, government surveillance, geopolitics, and more.
Larry Pfeiffer is the director of the Hayden Center, overseeing its development, operations, and activities. He is a highly respected and recognized expert in the areas of national and homeland security policy, crisis management, intelligence strategy, analysis and collection, overt and covert operations, and budgetary matters.
Distinguished Senior Fellow
Michael Morell, the Hayden Center's Distinguished Senior Fellow, is one of the leading national security professionals in the country with extensive experience in intelligence and foreign policy. During his 33-year career at CIA, Michael served as Deputy Director for over three years, and also served twice as Acting Director.
Michael was both with President Bush on 9/11 and with President Obama during the raid that killed bin Laden.
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Faculty Advisory Committee
The Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security is counseled by an advisory committee comprising distinguished members of the faculty of the Schar School of Policy and Government.
The Hayden Center looks to these experts in regional studies, transnational issues, international economics, public policy, and all aspects of governance to provide guidance.
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"Intelligence and espionage form an essential aspect of democracy that is being threatened by broader forces--questions of legitimacy, transparency, politicization, even relevancy--which are beyond the intelligence community's ability to shape or even adequately respond to. The Hayden Center seeks to help answer such questions of what the role and purpose of intelligence should be in today’s world. While the focus of this center will be intelligence and security and policy, it will of necessity create a platform for the calm discussion of these broader questions." - General Hayden
At the Center of the Policy World
Located where intelligence shapes policy—just four miles from the White House and six miles from CIA headquarters—the Hayden Center is located at the Schar School’s campus in Arlington, Virginia.