Taking Action To Generate More Data

This is one in a series of Spy's Guide book reviews. For more, see spysguide.com/blogMichael V. Hayden, Playing To The EdgeAs boss of the National Security Agency during 9/11 and later boss of the CIA, Hayden managed two intelligence bureaucracies. At NSA, Hayden’s work was expected to be in the first two steps of the DADA sequence: Hayden’s job at NSA was to collect as much data as possible, maybe more than anyone else in the world. Then, the job was to analyze it. To translate and filter it...