The walls are closing in on George - and what excellent timing...!

if this ups the chances that hayden is going to be grilled ever-so-slowly on a spit over extremely hot coals, so much the better... the american people have been kept in the dark for far, far too long and our congress has been entirely too docile... let's get back to some checks and balances, fercryinoutloud...

Congressional Republicans and Democrats alike demanded answers from the Bush administration on Thursday about a report that the National Security Agency had collected records of millions of domestic phone calls, even as President Bush assured Americans that their privacy is "fiercely protected."

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The report rekindled the controversy about domestic spying.

Several lawmakers predicted the new disclosures would complicate confirmation hearings next week for Gen. Michael V. Hayden, formerly the head of the N.S.A., as the president's nominee to lead the Central Intelligence Agency.

yer damn right they "complicate" hayden's confirmation - as well they should... hayden's nomination would warrant intense interrogation under any circumstances, but never more so than now...

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