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    • New Face, Old Evasion

      Posted by Billbar from Washington Post

      Sen. Dianne Feinstein asked the nominee a simple question: Is "waterboarding" an acceptable interrogation technique? Gen. Hayden responded: "Let me defer that to closed session, and I would be happy to discuss it in some detail." That was the wrong answer. The right one would have been simple: No.

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    • Former NSA officer alleges illegal activities under Hayden

      Posted by Billbar from GovExec

      Russell Tice, who worked on what are known as "special access programs," at the NSA said he plans to tell Senate staffers next week that unlawful activity occurred at the agency under the supervision of Gen. Michael Hayden beyond what has been publicly reported, while hinting that it might have involved the illegal use of space-based satellites and systems to spy on U.S. citizens.

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    • Shuffling Spies Around

      Posted by Billbar from New York Times

      But the next director of the C.I.A. needs to know the business of espionage, and what General Hayden knows is gadgets, not people. The most important thing a director of the C.I.A. must understand is how to use human intelligence. It's therefore peculiar that the White House immediately reached out to General Hayden, whose background is far from what would seem to be required.

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      CIA Nominee Hayden Linked to MZM

      Posted by Billbar from Tpmmuckraker

      While director of the National Security Agency, Gen. Michael V. Hayden contracted the services of a top executive at the company at the center of the Cunningham bribery scandal, according to two former employees of the company.

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    • Pentagon Is Winner Over CIA

      Posted by Billbar from Rawstory

      The pending appointment of General Michael Hayden as director of the Central Intelligence Agency will pave the way for the agency's emasculation and for the Pentagon to assume full authority over paramilitary operations. A senior intelligence community official yesterday said the director of national intelligence, John Negroponte, has indicated "he is willing to give up covert operations to the Pentagon."

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    theangryindian comments on:

    CIA documents point to massive and ongoing government criminality

    No big surprise that there isn’t an iota of outrage in the United States about this.

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    11:03 am 7/05/07
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    Damianmann comments on:

    Senate panel endorses Hayden as CIA director

    Hurray for the Jellocrats

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    4:47 pm 5/23/06
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    Billbar comments on:

    Listening in on Hayden

    In response to a question from Sen. Wyden, did Gen. Hayden obliquely call him a traitor?

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    5:53 am 5/19/06
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    Billbar comments on:

    Scheer: Why Hayden is a 'Perfect' Pick

    Fine article. Scheer really spells it out.

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    2:25 pm 5/10/06
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