Hayden: Cenk at Huffpo or Steve at TWN...?

cenk uygur at the huffpo thinks hayden's nomination is just another way for bushco to throw a patch on the dam that's springing leaks all over the place...

Michael Hayden was the unofficial spokesperson for the administration when it became clear that they were breaking the FISA law and ignoring the Fourth Amendment. As the former head of the NSA, he went on a publicity tour touting the wonders of warrantless spying. What are the chances this guy puts the brakes on a program at the CIA that has gone overboard? None.

General Hayden can be trusted -- not necessarily by the American people, but more importantly, by the Bush team. If they need him to cover up, he can do that. If they need him to lie to Congress, he can make that happen. If they need him to carry out yet another program of questionable legality, no problem. He's their go to man in the CYA.

steve at twn thinks hayden may be negroponte's strategy to pull the cia back from being swallowed whole by rummy and the pentagon...

I'm not an apologist for Michael Hayden, whom I think played 'loyal soldier' a bit too much on the warrantless wiretap front -- but the opposition to him regarding his military credentials is silly.

The balls to keep the eye on are DONALD RUMSFELD and the religious crusading defense spy chief, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Lt. General WILLIAM BOYKIN.

Hastert and his colleagues need to wake up, study the gaming going on, and understand that while they may not like Hayden -- something needs to be done to balance the deck between Negroponte and Rumsfeld.

I think it's smart to have General Hayden in place to shut down General Boykin and his team.

sorry, steve... i have to go with cenk on this one... your argument may have merit and, given your penchant for meticulous backgrounding, i'm sure it does... however, it strikes me a little like our perennial national problem in presidential election years - voting for the candidate who appears to be the "least worst..." saying hayden "played 'loyal soldier' a bit too much on the warrantless wiretap front" is like saying rove may have "lied a little too much" on the matter of outing valerie plame... the latter is a criminal and the former is aiding and abetting criminal activity...

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