Former NSA And CIA Director: If Snowden Is Apprehended Expect Cyber-Terror Attacks

Former NSA Chief Warns Of Cyber-Terror Attacks If Snowden Apprehended -- The Guardian

Michael Hayden, who also headed the CIA, speculates on global hacker response if Edward Snowden brought back to US.

The former director of the National Security Agency and the CIA speculated on Tuesday that hackers and transparency groups were likely to respond with cyber-terror attacks if the United States government apprehends whistleblower Edward Snowden.

"If and when our government grabs Edward Snowden, and brings him back here to the United States for trial, what does this group do?" said retired air force general Michael Hayden, who from 1999 to 2009 ran the NSA and then the CIA, referring to "nihilists, anarchists, activists, Lulzsec, Anonymous, twentysomethings who haven't talked to the opposite sex in five or six years".

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My Comment: Former NSA and CIA chief Gen. Michael Hayden's remarks are waaayyyy over the top. But while he is retired from government service, it would not surprise me if this is the position that most government officials hold.

Update: The Washington Post is spot-on with this post .... Why a former NSA chief just made a big mistake by dissing hackers.