Zeena Starbuck June 6, 2018 National Security, Global Affairs, Government, Intelligence The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies: General Michael Hayden Zeena Starbuck June 6, 2018 National Security, Global Affairs, Government, Intelligence Hayden spoke about current US perils – from a nuclear North Korea, an emboldened Russia, a rising China, among others—and the effect of the assaults on the American intelligence agencies meant to defend us and on our democratic institutions.