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Article: Hayden says he recognizes fears about civil liberties
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- May 19, 2006
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WASHINGTON - CIA nominee Michael Hayden acknowledged concerns
about civil liberties even as he vigorously defended the Bush
administration's warrantless eavesdropping program as a legal spy
tool needed to ensnare terrorists.
Peppered with tough questions at a daylong confirmation hearing
Thursday, the four-star Air Force general portrayed himself as an
independent thinker, capable of taking over the CIA as it struggles
with issues ranging from nuclear threats to its own place among 15
other spy agencies.
Hayden spoke of his own concerns about the no-warrant surveillance
program and other eavesdropping operations he oversaw as National
Security Agency chief from 1999 until last year.
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