"At his confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Hayden faced a tough grilling from Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden about his role as architect of Bush's domestic spying program and his own credibility.
Wyden said Hayden had not kept Congress fully informed of the eavesdropping program and had made misleading statements in previous appearances before Congress.
"General, having evaluated your words, I now have a difficult time with your credibility," Wyden said.
"So with all due respect, general, I can't tell now if you've simply said one thing and done another, or whether you have just parsed your words like a lawyer to intentionally mislead the public," Wyden said.
Hayden responded: "Well, senator, you're going to have to make a judgment on my character ... I was as full and open as I possibly could be."
Well Wyden knows about lack of "credibilty" as he is still a part of an ongoing probe into CIA leaks as reported here in Newsmax in July of last year.
'The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into whether Democratic Senators Dick Durbin, Jay Rockefeller and Ron Wyden leaked details about a secret "black ops" CIA satellite program last December in a move that may have seriously compromised national security, former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Jed Babbin said on Saturday.
"The CIA made a request to the Justice Department to investigate and possibly bring criminal charges against these three [senators]," Babbin told WABC Radio host Monica Crowley. "My information is that investigation is ongoing."
It is and is beginning to wind up, which is why Senator Rockefeller has a "back problem" and is absent from the hearings. Soon Wyden, along with Senator Durbin may need a Doan's Pill or two.
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