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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFormer CIA and NSA head Gen. Michael Hayden - "A Despicable Character!"
"Hayden is a despicable character. He is exactly the type of bureaucrat that arises in any dictatorship."
Cenk has a great piece on Gen. Michael Hayden and why Snowden's revelations matter!
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Former CIA and NSA head Gen. Michael Hayden - "A Despicable Character!" (Original Post)
Vinnie From Indy
Aug 2013
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chimpymustgo
(12,774 posts)1. Excellent post. Hayden is a snivelling, creepy fascist.
librechik
(30,673 posts)2. Hayden is evil and a moron. Plus he's arrogant and won't tolerate correction
on the facts. He's convinced that the phrase "probable cause" doesn't appear in the fourth amendment and anyone who thinks it does is stupid and ought to bow to his superior authority.
WillyT
(72,631 posts)3. Off To The Greatest Page !!!
bahrbearian
(13,466 posts)4. Was Haden just threating me ?
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)5. He's been in an Authoritarian organization all his career
I think Truman made a mistake when he put the military at its head.
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)6. Remember, they have their own version of the constitution
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Gen. Hayden: "4th Amendment and wrong"
http://crooksandliars.com/2006/01/26/gen-hayden-quot4th-amendment-and-wrongquot
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)7. good clip. nt