The Most Anticlimactic News Of The Day
After hearing assurances he will be independent of the Pentagon, the Senate on Friday easily confirmed Gen. Michael Hayden, a career Air Force man, to head the CIA.
Hayden, a four-star general, currently is the top deputy to National Intelligence Director John Negroponte.
Hayden, 61, would be the first active-duty or retired military officer to run the spy agency in 25 years. He was approved by a vote of 78-15.
Congradulations to Gen. Hayden. Hopefully now that he no longer needs their vote, he’ll respond to the next Senator who asks him to speak truth to power by saying “OK, you’re an idiot.”
Do you think Glenn Greenwald is crying in his beer today?
Yep – see my latest…