Senate Select Cmte. on Intelligence Hearing on Annual Threat Assessment (February 5, 2008)

[L. Coyote]

Now re-airing on C-SPAN http://c-span.org/

Gen. Michael Hayden, Dir. of the Central Intelligence Agency, testifies before the Senate Select Cmte. on the Annual Threat Assessment.
Washington, DC : 3 hr.

[Solly Mack]

1. Hatch is working hard to excuse torture

[ThomWV]

2. Keep it at the top

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. ok, kick

Keep us informed.

[Solly Mack]

4. Hayden:"I'm not at liberty to discuss (answer) your question"

to Feingold

on what Bush knew...


Hayden just said "the president felt he knew what was sufficient"


Hayden also said he wouldn't discuss any discussions he had with Cheney either

[Ichingcarpenter]

5. And they don't hold him in contempt?

Maybe a strongly worded letter will resolve the issue.
I turned it on but just got pissed.

[Solly Mack]

6. I'm already pissed too. And deeply ashamed...

[Solly Mack]

7. Hayden said "we believe the ("techniques") are lawful and the AG said they were"

[Ichingcarpenter]

9. The AG meaning Gonzo?

that would be a credibility problem.

[Solly Mack]

10. Yes....and Mukasey won't comment....though he probably

has a few secret memos just like Gonzales

[Ichingcarpenter]

12. Just sickening

I don't know why they just don't arrest these guys
and stop playing these games.

Oh, I know why! Its a shell game.

[L. Coyote]

13. NO. This is why the millions to Ashcroft are suspicious. Ashcroft was AG

and Gonzolies was lead counsel for GW's White House.

[Solly Mack]

14. True....he could very well mean Ashcroft

When Gonzales, as President's counsel, made the request to the DOJ (for legal justification for torture), Ashcroft was AG at the time.

I have parts of that letter/response saved.

edit to add

[Solly Mack]

8. Someone needs to smack the shit out of Hayden

[L. Coyote]

11. Now on NPR news. AQ doing nicely