Nix on Hayden

Message I sent to change.gov.
I certainly hope that the report in the U.S. News & World Report, that Pres. Elect Obama is considering keeping on Michael Hayden as CIA director, is wrong. Hayden is clearly an unacceptable choice. Sen. Obama himself referred to Hayden, in May, 2006, thus: "as the architect and chief defender of a program of wiretapping and collection of phone records outside of FISA oversight." Sen. Obama said his vote against confirmation was necessary "to send a signal to this Administration that even in these circumstances President Bush is not above the law".

Nothing has changed. Hayden has never acknowledged his role or indicated in any way a reform in his thinking. He should definitely have no role in the Obama administration.