Playing to The Edge, written by former CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden, offers insight into many of the programs under his responsibility. He discusses NSA’s data collection, the enhanced interrogation program, relations with Congress and the media. American Thinker had the privilege of conducting an extension interview with him regarding these programs and their relevance to current events. While future articles will discuss issues such as Guantanamo Bay, Hillary Clinton’s emails, and ISIS, this article concentrates on the issue of privacy versus security, including the controversy of Apple’s decision regarding a terrorist’s phone. Hayden told American Thinker he wrote the book “to pull back the veil to give Americans a better understanding of what the intelligence community does for American security. Despite its great importance, it is highly misunderstood.” The book highlights NSA data collection, and Hayden makes a very good...(Read Full Article)