Hayden to Face Tough Questions at Hearing
President Bush’s CIA director-nominee, Gen. Michael Hayden, to face what undoubtedly will be the toughest public questioning of his 37-year government career at a Senate confirmation hearing. Hayden is at the center of the debate over the Bush administration’s controversial domestic surveillance programs, which allowed the National Security Agency under Hayden’s leadership to eavesdrop without warrants on telephone calls when one party was overseas and suspected of terrorism. Full Story