CIA nominee Hayden to face senators

CNN ^ | May 18, 2006 | Pam Benson and Cheryl Bronson, CNN

[YaYa123]

Discussion of a classified government wiretap program is expected to dominate Thursday's confirmation hearing for Gen. Michael Hayden, tapped by the White House to be the next CIA chief.

Ahead of the hearing, details of the National Security Agency's wiretap program were given for the first time to the intelligence committees of both the House and Senate on Wednesday.

Previously only a handful of senior senators and congressmen were told about the domestic spying operation authorized by the president, which is run outside the court system.

The wiretapping will be a "central" topic of discussions on whether to approve Hayden as the next CIA chief, Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, said in a prepared statement.

Hayden was NSA director when President Bush authorized the then-secret surveillance program after the 9/11 attacks.

[YaYa123]

Hearings are set to begin at 9:30 am, and will be shown live on C-span 3. I suspect the news networks might cover it live too, at least sporatically, especially if democrats on the committee go into their usual heated Bush Bashing Gang Bang.

[leadpenny]

http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/schedule.csp

C-SPAN is showing it will be on both 1 and 3. The House comes it at 10:00, so if they are late getting started, 3 will be it. I don't get C-SPAN3 but they do have a live internet feed.

I think Hayden will still the waters.

[thoughtomator]

Live-fire practice for facing other enemies of the US, I take it?

[mware]

I wonder who will be the first one to reveal some of yesterdays meeting in the public hearings.

[Carolinamom]

Does anyone have a list of the Intelligence Committee members?

[mware]

MEMBERSHIP

Pat Roberts, Kansas (R)

John D. Rockefeller IV West Virginia,(D)

Orrin G. Hatch, Utah (R)

Carl Levin, Michigan (D)

Mike Dewine, Ohio (R)

Dianne Feinstein, California (D)

Christopher S. Bond, Missouri (R)

Ron Wyden, Oregon (D)

Trent Lott, Mississippi (R)

Evan Bayh, Indiana (D)

Olympia J. Snowe, Maine (R)

Barbara A. Mikulski, Maryland (D)

Chuck Hagel, Nebraska (R)

Russell D. Feingold, Wisconsin (D) Here is one to watch.

Saxby Chambliss, Georgia (R)

[Carolinamom]

Thanks, mware. I was aware of some of them, but some names slipped my mind. There are plenty of them there that, I suspect, will have loose lips whispering to their 'whistleblowers'.

[mware]

Remember one of the senate meeting early last year when, I think Kerry, gave up an agents name during opening hearings.

That meeting yesterday has me worried. Only question is how long before the Washington Post or NYT's has the notes from the meeting on their front pages.

[Carolinamom]

I remember Kerry casually naming that man. He is so oblivious to the import of what he did.

I intend to listen very closely to what Rockefeller, Levin, Hagel, R. Feinstein, Bayh, and even Lott ask.

The hearing is on C-Span 3, isn't it? What time this morning?

I'm not going to get much done today w/listening to the Duke/Seligmann hearing today at 2:30. lol)

[P-40]

Wyden is the funniest one though. Some people are just beyond stupid.

[mware]

I am not familiar with him. Most of the committee I could pick out of a crowd.

Sure are a lot of RINO's on the committee.

[P-40]

Only question is how long before the Washington Post or NYT's has the notes from the meeting on their front pages.

If it was something that could be used against Bush it would be out already, just in time for the hearings. If it is something that would support the administration, you will never hear another word about the briefings except that they did not "tell all."

[justshutupandtakeit]

I have no doubt the General is going to kick some serious Party of Treason butt here. It will take all of the Treason Media's black arts to make the Party of Treason appear to be something other than America-hating Traitors.

[mware]

I remember Kerry casually naming that man. He is so oblivious to the import of what he did.

That was what was so scary about the whole thing. Kerry didn't have a clue, even when a member of the committee emphasized the fake name as Mr. Smith.

As to the time of the hearings I am not sure. I'll only get to hear what is on from 12:00 to 12:30 and my lunch break from 1:10-1:40.

[justshutupandtakeit]

This is the Senate Intelligence Committee presumably though the reporterettes for CNN didn't consider that important enough to mention.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Honeycombed with Traitors and Loons.

[P-40]

I am not familiar with him.

Keep a watch out for him; you'll be glad you did. It is painfully obvious that he does not know the material but tries to huff and puff his way through hoping no one notices.

[YaYa123]

Casual observers of this hearing will notice how nasty ass the democrats are, as if they are going after one of the bad guy criminals, not a decorated military man of honor, a patriot.

Democrats demonize the best of men, it must be part of their survival strategy.

[justshutupandtakeit]

This is why it was so important the Bush replace the bufoon, McDougal, with Tony Snow. When the vicious curs of the Treason Media try and attack him it looks like Cary Grant being assaulted by the inmates of the Insane Asylum.

[Huck]

I like this guy Hayden. Seems like a quality dude.