Michael Hayden “We Kill People Based on Metadata”

In April 2014, in a discussion following [Ed Snowden's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden) whistleblowing, the Ex-NSA Chief (and US military General) [Michael Hayden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hayden_(general)) publicly said (on camera!) very clearly about the US: “We Kill People Based on Metadata” This clip was extracted from the video [posted](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV2HDM86XgI) by Johns Hopkins University on YouTube. It's from a video recroding of "The Johns Hopkins Foreign Affairs Symposium Presents: The Price of Privacy: Re-Evaluating the NSA" on 2014-04-07 This video was embedded in my article **[The Banality of Artificial Intelligence](https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2026/03/03/ai-venezuela-iran/)** (Or "What happens when an AI hallucination leads to bombing an elementary school?") * https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2026/03/03/ai-venezuela-iran/ Further Resources: 1. https://www.justsecurity.org/10318/video-clip-director-nsa-cia-we-kill-peo