President Bush formally nominated Gen. Michael V. Hayden to head the Central Intelligence Agency. The announcement is almost anticlimactic; Bush’s choice has been the subject of endless Beltway discourse since Hayden’s name came up shortly after former CIA head Porter Goss resigned. The Hayden pluses include his long experience in the intelligence arena and his seeming ability to work amicably with Capitol Hill. The Hayden minuses include his active-duty status (easily remedied by retirement, but he would not be the first—try Adm. Stansfield Turner, who retired from the Navy in his second year as DCI) and his lack of human-operative experience (he is known as a technology man.) News from coast to coast has been full of pros and cons. (Here are Hayden’s own words about the evolving world of intelligence, from AFA’s recent Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Fla.)
US Space Command Should Always Be Led by a Guardian
Sept. 12, 2026
General Stephen Whiting took command of U.S. Space Command in January 2024, and if customary three-year tenures hold, his tour would end in January 2027. The question now before the President and Senate is who should follow him? Whoever they choose, it has to be a Guardian—and so should every successor…
