by tyler | Mar 18, 2024 | CNN, us
Here is a look at the life of award-winning actor William Shatner.
Birth date: March 22, 1931
Birth place: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Birth name: William Shatner
Father: Joseph Shatner, business owner
Mother: Ann Shatner
Marriages: Elizabeth (Anderson Martin) Shatner (February 13, 2001-March 3, 2020, divorced); Nerine Kidd (November 15, 1997-August 9, 1999, her death); Marcy Lafferty (October 20, 1973-1996, divorced); Gloria Rand (1956-1969, divorced)
Children: with Gloria Rand: Melanie Ann, Lisabeth Mary and Leslie Carol
Education: McGill University, B.A., Business, 1952
Nominated for seven Emmy Awards and has won two. Was also inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame.
Nominated for one Grammy Award for a spoken word recording but did not win.
His family is of Ukrainian-Jewish descent.
In the shows “The Practice” and “Boston Legal,” he plays the same character, Denny Crane.
His character, Capt. James T. Kirk, appears in 10 of the 13 Star Trek franchise films. Shatner portrays Kirk in the first seven.
He breeds and owns champion horses.
1954 – Joins the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario.
January 1956 – Makes his Broadway debut in “Tamburlaine the Great.”
1958 – “The Brothers Karamazov” premieres, his first major film role.
1963 – Appears in “The Twilight Zone” episode “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet.”
1966-1969 – Appears in the lead role of Captain James Tiberius Kirk in “Star Trek.”
November 22, 1968 – The “Star Trek” episode “Plato’s Stepchildren” airs. It is the first interracial kiss shown on television, when Capt. Kirk is forced to kiss Lt. Uhura.
1979 – Stars in “Star Trek: The Motion Picture.”
1982-1986 – Stars in the police series “T.J. Hooker.”
1989 – Stars in and directs “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.”
1997-2004 – Stars in the legal drama series “The Practice.”
2004 – Wins the Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama series for “The Practice.”
2004-2008 – Co-stars in “Boston Legal.”
2005 – Wins the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for “Boston Legal.”
December 14, 2006 – Is inducted into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame.
2011 – Begins performing a one-man show “Shatner’s World: We Just Live In It.”
2016 – Stars in the NBC reality TV series, “Better Late than Never,” with Terry Bradshaw, George Foreman, and Henry Winkler. The show is about a group of celebrities who travel across Asia with a young guide, comedian Jeff Dye.
March 25, 2016 – Is sued by Peter Sloan for libel and slander. Sloan says that Shatner is his biological father, a claim which Shatner denies. The case is dismissed in June 2018.
October 13, 2021 – Blasts off onboard a New Shepard suborbital spacecraft — the one developed by Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, Blue Origin, before parachuting to a landing, making Shatner the oldest person ever to travel to space.
October 4, 2022 – Shatner’s biography, “Boldly Go,” is published.
March 11, 2024 – Shatner publicly discusses his stage 4 melanoma diagnosis and treatment at the American Academy of Dermatology annual meeting. He did not disclose when it occurred.
by tyler | Mar 18, 2024 | CNN, us
Here’s a look at the life of US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.
Birth date: April 1, 1950
Birth place: Trenton, New Jersey
Birth name: Samuel Anthony Alito Jr.
Father: Samuel Alito, a teacher
Mother: Rose (Fradusco) Alito, a teacher
Marriage: Martha-Ann (Bomgardner) Alito (1985-present)
Children: Philip and Laura
Education: Princeton University, A.B., 1972; Yale University, J.D., 1975
Nicknamed “Scalito” as his views resemble those of the late conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
Argued 12 cases before the Supreme Court, the first in 1982.
1976-1977 – Law clerk to Leonard I. Garth, judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
1977-1981 – Assistant US attorney for the District of New Jersey.
1981-1985 – Assistant to the US solicitor general.
1985-1987 – Deputy assistant to the US attorney general.
1987-1990 – Named by President Ronald Reagan as the US attorney for the District of New Jersey.
February 20, 1990 – Nominated by President George H.W. Bush to the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
April 27, 1990 – Confirmed unanimously by the Senate on a voice vote.
April 30, 1990-2006 – Judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Newark, New Jersey.
1991 – Is the only dissenting voice in a Third Circuit ruling striking down a Pennsylvania law that required women to notify their husbands if they planned to get an abortion.
1993 – Agrees with the majority that an Iranian woman seeking asylum could establish eligibility by showing that she has an abhorrence with her country’s “gender specific laws and repressive social norms,” or because of a belief in feminism or membership in a feminist group.
1999 – Writes the opinion in a case that says a Christmas display on city property does not violate separation of church and state doctrines because it included a large plastic Santa Claus as well as a Menorah and a banner hailing diversity.
2001 – Agrees with the majority that strikes down a public school district’s anti-harassment policy, saying the policy – which included non-vulgar, non-school-sponsored speech – violated the First Amendment.
October 31, 2005 – President George W. Bush nominates Alito to be Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s replacement on the Supreme Court.
January 31, 2006 – Alito is confirmed as an associate justice to the Supreme Court. The US Senate votes 58-42. He is immediately sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts.
February 1, 2006 – Sworn in as a Supreme Court justice a second time in a ceremony at the White House.
May 29, 2007 – In a 5-4 ruling, the court dismisses a pay discrimination lawsuit, with Alito writing for the majority. The original suit was filed by a female worker, Lilly Ledbetter against her employer, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. She claimed that she was underpaid due to gender discrimination. In the opinion, Alito writes that Ledbetter filed the claim after the federally-mandated 180-day time window, concluding that the “filing deadline protects employers from the burden of defending claims arising from employment decisions long past.”
January 28, 2010 – During a State of the Union address by President Barack Obama, Alito is seen mouthing the words “not true” in response to the president’s criticism of the court’s 5-4 ruling on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which removed long-established legal limits on campaign spending by corporations and unions.
March 2, 2011 – Alito is the sole dissenter in the free speech case involving Westboro Baptist Church. In an 8-1 decision, the court rules that the First Amendment allows the church to carry out anti-gay protests, even at military funerals. Westboro had been sued by the family of a fallen Marine whose funeral was disrupted by church protesters. In his dissent, Alito writes, “Our profound national commitment to free and open debate is not a license for the vicious verbal assault that occurred in this case.”
June 25, 2013 – Writes the majority opinion in Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl where the question is, can an unwed non-custodial parent block an adoption using the Federal Indian Child Welfare Act. The court ruled, 5-4, in favor of the adoptive parents ruling that the ICWA did not apply when the parent had never had physical or legal custody of the child.
June 30, 2014 – Writes the majority opinion in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, with the court ruling 5-4 that family-owned corporations can be exempt from a federal mandate requiring the inclusion of contraception coverage in employee health plans based on religious objections.
June 27, 2018 – The court issues a 5-4 ruling striking down an Illinois law requiring non-union public sector workers to pay fees for collective bargaining. The opinion, written by Alito, reads, “It is hard to estimate how many billions of dollars have been taken from nonmembers and transferred to public sector unions in violation of the First Amendment. Those unconstitutional exactions cannot be allowed to continue indefinitely.”
February 1, 2019 – Alito temporarily blocks a Louisiana abortion law from going into effect, filing an order that says the justices need more time to review the filings in the case against a measure restricting access to clinics.
November 25, 2019 – Writes the sole dissent in the court’s denial of National Review’s defamation suit petition. Climate scientist Michael Mann sued the conservative magazine in 2012 after two columnists wrote about his work and the “Hockey Stick” curve graph illustrating the rise in average global temperatures, accusing him of “misconduct” and data “manipulation.” Alito writes that the case brings up First Amendment concerns “that go to the very heart of the constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech and freedom of the press: the protection afforded to journalists and others who use harsh language in criticizing opposing advocacy on one of the most important public issues of the day. If the Court is serious about protecting freedom of expression, we should grant review.”
June 24, 2022 – The Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, holding that there is no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion. In his majority opinion, Alito says “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start.”
November 28, 2022 – In a letter, the Supreme Court legal counsel says there is no evidence that Alito violated ethics standards, in response to questions from congressional Democrats about allegations that Alito revealed the outcome of a 2014 decision before it was released.
July 28, 2023 – Alito agrees to temporarily freeze a lower court order that bars the US government from regulating so-called ghost guns – untraceable homemade weapons – as firearms under federal law.
October 6, 2023 – Alito freezes a lower court ruling that blocked the Biden administration from regulating so-called ghost guns.
by tyler | Mar 18, 2024 | CNN, us
Here is a look at the life of former US Secretary of State and ExxonMobil CEO, Rex Tillerson.
Birth date: March 23, 1952
Birth place: Wichita Falls, Texas
Birth name: Rex Wayne Tillerson
Father: Bob Tillerson, Boy Scouts of America executive
Mother: Patty (Patton) Tillerson
Marriage: Renda (St. Clair) Tillerson
Children: Four children
Education: University of Texas at Austin, B.S., 1975
Tillerson and his wife, Renda, operate a Texas horse ranch called Bar RR Ranches.
An Eagle Scout, Tillerson served as president of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in 2010 and 2011. As a member of the BSA executive board, he helped advocate for the inclusion of gay youth in the Scouts. The organization reversed its ban on gay Scouts in 2013 and four years later, the BSA opened up membership to transgender youth. While Tillerson has a reputation as a BSA reformer, he has been criticized by gay rights groups because, under his leadership, Exxon continued to resist calls to implement policies protecting LGBTQ employees from harassment. In 2015, the company added sexual orientation and gender identity to its equal opportunity policy.
1975 – Joins Exxon as a production engineer.
1987-1989 – Business development manager of Exxon’s domestic natural gas department.
1989-1992 – General manager for regional oil and gas production.
1992 – Production adviser for Exxon Corporation.
1992-1995 – Coordinator of affiliate gas sales for Exxon Company, International.
1995 – Becomes president of Exxon Yemen and other overseas subsidiaries.
1998 – President of Exxon Ventures and Exxon Neftegas in Russia.
1999 – Becomes the executive vice president of Exxon Development Company.
1999 – Exxon Corp and Mobil Corp complete their merger.
2001-2003 – Senior vice president of ExxonMobil.
2004 – Becomes president of ExxonMobil and a member of the company’s board of directors.
2006 – Is named chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil.
2013 – Receives the Order of Friendship award from Russian President Vladimir Putin. During Tillerson’s tenure as ExxonMobil CEO, the company invests in oil production in Siberia, the Arctic Circle and the Black Sea.
December 13, 2016 – President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team announces that Tillerson has been nominated for secretary of state. Tillerson was recommended for the role by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Their consulting firm, RiceHadleyGates LLC has a contract with ExxonMobil.
December 14, 2016 – Tillerson announces that he will retire from ExxonMobil at the end of December.
January 11, 2017 – During his confirmation hearing, Tillerson is questioned about his ties to Russia and asked about what he will do to promote human rights abroad. In response to a query on global warming, Tillerson says he believes climate change is a serious issue.
February 1, 2017 – Tillerson is confirmed by the Senate by a 56-43 vote. All of the Republicans voted for him while most of the Democrats voted against him. Later in the evening, Tillerson is sworn in as secretary of state.
February 15, 2017 – Tillerson arrives in Germany on his first overseas trip. He represents the United States at the G20 summit in Bonn.
February 22-23, 2017 – Tillerson visits Mexico with Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly. They make the trip to meet with Mexican diplomats amid tensions over border issues and new immigration policies. Enrique Peña Nieto, the president of Mexico, canceled a planned January trip to Washington to meet President Trump due to a dispute about a proposed border wall and Trump’s campaign pledge that Mexico would pay for the structure.
February 24, 2017 – The State Department announces that it will resume holding regular press briefings on March 6. Under previous administrations, the department took questions from reporters on a daily basis but the briefings were suspended after Trump took office on January 20.
March 14-19, 2017 – Tillerson makes his first trip to Asia, stopping in China, Japan and South Korea. During the visit, Tillerson declares that a new approach is needed to counter provocations by North Korea.
March 20, 2017 – Officials tell Reuters that Tillerson will not attend a NATO meeting in April, skipping the event so he can participate in talks with Trump and President Xi Jinping of China at Trump’s Florida resort, Mar-a-Lago. Officials also say the secretary of state is planning a trip to Russia later in April.
October 2017 – NBC reports that Tillerson called Trump a “moron” during a Pentagon meeting. Tillerson refuses to confirm or deny the allegation.
March 13, 2018 – Is fired by Trump.
December 7, 2018 – Tillerson calls Trump “undisciplined” during an interview with former CBS News’ Bob Schieffer. “When the President would say, ‘Here’s what I want to do and here’s how I want to do it.’ And I’d have to say to him, ‘Well Mr. President, I understand what you want to do, but you can’t do it that way. It violates the law. It violates treaty,’” Tillerson says.
May 21, 2019 – Tillerson meets with Democratic chair Rep. Eliot Engel and ranking Republican Rep. Michael McCaul from the House Foreign Affairs Committee and their senior staff for an interview that focuses primarily on his time in the Trump administration.
January 11, 2021 – In a lengthy interview published in Foreign Policy, Tillerson paints a scathing picture of Trump as someone who made uninformed decisions that were not based in reality. “His understanding of global events, his understanding of global history, his understanding of US history was really limited. It’s really hard to have a conversation with someone who doesn’t even understand the concept for why we’re talking about this,” Tillerson said in the interview conducted just prior to the US Capitol insurrection.
by tyler | Mar 18, 2024 | CNN, us
Here is a look at the life of Steve Ballmer, former CEO of Microsoft.
Birth date: March 24, 1956
Birth place: Detroit, Michigan
Birth name: Steven Anthony Ballmer
Father: Fred Ballmer, manager for Ford Motor Co.
Mother: Bea (Dworkin) Ballmer
Marriage: Connie Snyder (1990-present)
Children: three sons
Education: Harvard University, B.A., 1977, double major in Mathematics and Economics; Attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business, 1979-1980
Became friends with Bill Gates while at Harvard University.
Worked for Procter & Gamble as assistant product manager before Microsoft.
Met his wife, Connie Snyder, while both were working at Microsoft.
1980 – Begins his Microsoft career as a business manager and is the company’s 24th employee.
July 1998-February 2001 – President of Microsoft.
January 13, 2000 – Is named chief executive officer when Gates steps down to concentrate on philanthropy.
February 4, 2014 – Steps down as Microsoft CEO.
May 29, 2014 – Ballmer signs a binding agreement to buy the Los Angeles Clippers for $2 billion from the Sterling family trust.
August 12, 2014 – Ballmer becomes the official owner of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers, according to Ballmer’s attorney, Adam Streisand. The negotiated $2 billion sale price is a record at the time for an NBA team.
August 19, 2014 – Steps down from the Microsoft board of directors in order to concentrate on the Clippers.
October 16, 2015 – Announces he has bought a 4% stake in Twitter during the past few months, becoming one of its largest shareholders.
2015 – The Ballmers found the Ballmer Group, a philanthropic organization focusing on civic activism and economic mobility.
June 4, 2016 – Along with Brandt Vaughan, founds USAFacts Institute. Ballmer later describes the work of the institute as creating a “10-K for the government,” according to a Bloomberg interview.
March 1, 2022 – The University of Oregon launches The Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health. The institute is founded through a $425 million donation from the Ballmers.
October 19, 2022 – The Ballmers announce they will invest $400 million with organizations focused on Black-owned businesses. The organizations are Fairview Capital, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, GCM Grosvenor and Ariel Alternatives’ Project Black.
March 7, 2024 – Announces the formation of an umbrella brand called Halo Sports and Entertainment that includes the LA Clippers, their G-League affiliate team, Intuit Dome and KIA Forum.
by tyler | Mar 18, 2024 | CNN, us
Here is a look at the life of convicted Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols.
Birth date: April 1, 1955
Birth place: Lapeer County, Michigan
Birth name: Terry Lynn Nichols
Father: Robert Nichols, farmer
Mother: Joyce Nichols
Marriages: Marife (Torres) Nichols (1990-2003, divorced); Lana (Osentoski) Nichols (1981-1989, divorced)
Children: with Marife Nichols: Christian and Nicole; with Lana Nichols: Joshua
Education: Attended Central Michigan University
Military service: US Army, 1988-1989
The FBI accused Nichols of helping build the bomb and arrange a getaway car for Timothy McVeigh after the bombing.
Nichols’ defense attorneys painted Nichols as a family man who had little to do with the bombing.
Nichols was not in Oklahoma City on the day of the bombing but was at home in Kansas. Prosecutors said Nichols helped McVeigh make the bomb the day before.
Nichols and McVeigh shared a fondness for guns, interest in survivalist training and a distrust of the US government.
Nichols learned how to mix fuel and fertilizer to make bombs while growing up on a farm. His father, a farmer, used such bombs to blow up tree stumps.
Nichols’ wife Marife complained at Nichols’ trial of being jealous of her husband’s close relationship with McVeigh.
May 24, 1988 – Enlists in the Army at the age of 33.
1988 – Meets McVeigh while in basic training at Fort Benning.
May 1989 – Is given a hardship discharge so he can go home to take care of his son Joshua.
Fall 1993 – McVeigh lives with the Nichols brothers, Terry and James, in their farmhouse.
March 1994 – Takes a job as a farmhand in Kansas.
Fall 1994 – Quits his job as a farmhand to go into business with McVeigh, selling guns and military surplus.
October 1994 – Along with McVeigh, steals blasting caps and other explosives materials from a quarry in Kansas.
November 5, 1994 – Reportedly robs Arkansas gun dealer Roger Moore to finance the purchase of bomb materials.
November 1994-January 1995 – Makes a trip to the Philippines where his wife Marife and daughter Nicole are living. Before leaving on the trip, Nichols gives his ex-wife Lana letters and instructions for McVeigh, which are to be read if he doesn’t return from the Philippines.
April 19, 1995 – A bomb explodes at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people.
April 21, 1995 – Nichols surrenders to Kansas police when he hears they are looking for him.
December 23, 1997 – Is found guilty on federal charges of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and on eight counts of involuntary manslaughter.
June 4, 1998 – Federal Judge Richard Matsch sentences Nichols to life in prison without parole after the federal jury is unable to decide on the death penalty or a life sentence.
September 13, 1999 – A federal judge rejects Nichols’ request for a new federal trial.
September 5, 2001 – The Oklahoma County District Attorney announces that Nichols will face a state trial for his role in the bombing. District Attorney C. Wesley Lane says he is going forward with the trial because he is concerned the federal conviction will be overturned.
March 22, 2004 – Nichols’ state trial opens.
April 20, 2004 – Michael Fortier testifies that McVeigh asked him to help build the bomb because “Terry was backing out.” Fortier was sentenced to 12 years in prison as part of a plea deal for testifying against McVeigh and Nichols.
May 26, 2004 – Nichols is found guilty in Oklahoma state court on 161 counts of murder. The jury spent five hours deliberating before announcing the verdict.
June 11, 2004 – The jury in Nichols’ state trial says it is deadlocked over a sentence of life in prison or death by lethal injection.
August 9, 2004 – District Judge Steven Taylor sentences Nichols to 161 consecutive life terms, without the possibility of parole.
April 1, 2005 – The FBI finds residual bomb making material in Nichols’ former residence, not detected in previous searches.
May 4, 2005 – In a letter written from his Colorado prison cell, Nichols names Arkansas gun dealer Roger Moore as the man who supplied him and McVeigh with bomb components. Moore denies any involvement.
March 16, 2009 – Files a 39-page handwritten lawsuit against the Colorado prison where he is staying for violating his religious and dietary needs. In the lawsuit Nichols requests 100% whole-grain foods, fresh raw vegetables and fruit, a wheat bran supplement and digestive bacteria and enzymes.
February 2010 – Goes on a fast, protesting the processed foods he is being served in prison.
August 12, 2010 – US District Judge Christine M. Arguello dismisses Nichols’ lawsuit over prison food.
November 28, 2011 – Jannie Coverdale, grandmother of two victims of the Oklahoma City bombing, reveals she has been corresponding with Nichols for several years and that he apologized and asked for her forgiveness, which he received. In copies of the letters published in The Oklahoman, Nichols admits he knew there was to be a bombing but didn’t know the federal building was the target and that the building would be occupied.
July 13, 2015 – Nichols files a motion asking the court to force the FBI to turn over approximately 10 firearms, belonging to him, that were seized after the bombings. Nichols suggests in the motion that the FBI turn the guns over to his family so the firearms can be sold to help provide financial support for his children.
April 15, 2016 – Judge Matsch orders the government to destroy the firearms belonging to Nichols, and that the fair market value of $6,922 be applied to his court ordered restitution of $14.5 million.
March 9, 2017 – Evidence from Nichols’ state trial is transferred to the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum.
by tyler | Mar 12, 2024 | CNN, us
Here’s a look at the life of Michael Hayden, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Birth date: March 17, 1945
Birth place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Birth name: Michael Vincent Hayden
Father: Harry Hayden
Mother: Sadie Hayden
Marriage: Jeanine (Carrier) Hayden
Children: Margaret, Michael and Liam
Education: Duquesne University, B.A, 1967; Duquesne University, M.A., 1969
Military service: US Air Force, 1967-2008, General
Is a retired four-star general.
Is a distinguished visiting professor and founder of the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security at George Mason University.
Worked as a cab driver during college.
January 1970-January 1972 – Analyst at Headquarters Strategic Air Command at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.
January 1972-May 1975 – Chief of Current Intelligence Division at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.
July 1975-August 1979 – Academic Instructor at Reserve Officer Training Corps Program, St. Michael’s College in Vermont.
June 1980-July 1982 – Chief of Intelligence, 51st Tactical Fighter Wing, Osan Air Force Base, South Korea.
1984-1986 – Air attaché, US Embassy, Bulgaria.
1986-1989 – Political-Military Affairs Officer, US Air Force Headquarters.
1989-1991 – Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control, National Security Council.
1991-1993 – Chief, Secretary of the Air Force Staff Group.
1993-1995 – Director of Intelligence, US European Command.
1996-1997 – Commander, Air Intelligence Agency, and Director, Joint Command and Control Warfare Center.
1997-1999 – Deputy Chief of Staff, United Nations Command and US Forces Korea.
1999-2005 – Director of the National Security Agency.
April 2005 – Is appointed principal deputy director of national intelligence.
May 8, 2006 – President George W. Bush nominates Hayden to be director of the CIA.
May 30, 2006 – Is sworn in as the director of the CIA.
February 5, 2008 – During congressional testimony, Hayden acknowledges for the first time that the CIA has used waterboarding in the interrogations of detainees.
July 1, 2008 – Retires from the Air Force.
February 12, 2009 – Steps down as the director of the CIA.
February 13, 2009 – Leon Panetta is sworn in as the new director of the CIA.
April 2009 – Joins the Chertoff Group, a security consulting firm founded by Michael Chertoff, former Department of Homeland Security secretary.
September 11, 2014 – In an interview with U.S. News and World Report, Hayden compares the White House strategy of using air strikes against ISIS to casual sex. Hayden says, “The reliance on air power has all of the attraction of casual sex: It seems to offer gratification but with very little commitment.”
December 9, 2014 – The Senate releases a report criticizing the CIA’s interrogation tactics used against terrorist detainees during the Bush era. Hayden responds in an interview with Politico, calling the Senate’s conclusions “analytically offensive.”
February 23, 2016 – Hayden’s book “Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror” is published.
August 9, 2016 – After signing a letter, along with 49 other Republican national security officials, declaring Donald Trump unqualified to be president, Hayden tells CNN that Trump represents a “clear and present danger” and says he “fears for our future” if Trump governs as he has campaigned.
May 1, 2018 – Hayden’s book “The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies” is published.
November 23, 2018 – According to a statement released by his family, Hayden suffers a stroke at home earlier in the week.
January 18, 2019 – Hayden returns home after suffering a stroke.
October 7, 2020 – Hayden tells CNN’s Jim Sciutto that reelecting Trump would be “very bad for America,” while endorsing Democratic nominee Joe Biden for president.
