Charlie Rose Talks to Michael Hayden
The only man to run both the CIA and the NSA discusses Syria, the encryption standoff with Apple, and Edward Snowden’s impact.
Michael Hayden: I Side With Apple
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With this agreement between Russia and the U.S. over a partial cease-fire in Syria, it’s starting to look like a win-win for Putin, don’t you think?
Let me play this out a little bit. You’ve got our secretary of state trying to move heaven and earth to stop the killing. But we’re in the position of being the supplicant. [Kerry’s] going to the Russians and the Iranians, “Please, we need a cease-fire.” And let me tell you the sentence he then is unable to say: “We need a cease-fire. And if we don’t get it, this is what we’re going to do.” He’s out there flying without top cover, because everyone knows we’re not committed to any more dramatic action in Syria.