“The man who was once responsible for the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency was giving a background interview during a train ride, but he didn’t notice that a fellow passenger was live tweeting the highlights. In truth, we didn’t learn any secrets from Ret. Gen. Michael Hayden, but Tom Matzzie, who used to work for the liberal group MoveOn.org, provided a riveting — and funny — account of the ordeal on his Twitter feed. Matzzie said Hayden told the journalists that he could only be identified as a former senior administration official and then went on to give “disparaging quotes about” the Obama administration. At one point Hayden, said Matzzie, was “bragging about rendition and black sites.” Hayden, you might remember, served as the NSA director under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. He served as CIA director for Bush and President Obama. Currently, he works for the Chertoff Group…”.* Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola (TYT University and Common Room), Eboni K. Williams (attorney and radio host), and Ben Mankiewicz (What The Flick?! and TYT Sports) break it down on The Young Turks.
*Read more here from EYDER PERALTA / NPR.org: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/10/24/240587739/guy-on-train-live-tweets-former-nsa-chiefs-on-background-interview
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