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Ex-NSA Chief Michael Hayden Outed for Off-the-Record Interview

HeadlineOct 25, 2013

The former head of the National Security Agency has been subjected to some unwanted eavesdropping of his own. Michael Hayden was riding a train from New York to Washington, D.C., on Thursday giving an off-the-record interview as an anonymous former official. Hayden did not realize he was sitting close to former MoveOn.org director Tom Matzzie, who proceeded to live tweet his account of Hayden’s phone call. Mattzie says Hayden’s comments included harsh criticism of the Obama administration, as well as bragging about the CIA’s rendition program under President George W. Bush.

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