Michael Hayden Covert Quotations

There is no part of the executive branch that more exists on the outer edge of executive prerogative than the American intelligence community - the intelligence community, CIA, covert action. My literal responsibility as director of CIA with regard to covert action was to inform the Congress - not to seek their approval, to inform.

My literal responsibility as director of the CIA with regard to covert action was to inform the Congress - not to seek their approval; to inform.