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Hayden Admits Misstep over CIA Destroyed Tapes

By Paul Bedard

July 16, 2010 RSS Feed Print

Former CIA Director Michael Hayden wants another chance at handling the agency's bumbling reaction to destroying terrorist interrogation tapes. He now says he should have figured it would be a bigger story than he expected in early 2009

"I think inherently it isn't as big a deal as it has been made out to be, but I should have been more sensitive that people would have made it as big a deal as they did," he says in an interview posted on the CIA website. "That was a misstep on my part."

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I Miss Seeing Michael Hayden in the media He is So Calm Smart and Soothing Bring Back Michael Hayden.

Steven O Shaw BBA LUTCF MSM MSFS of WA 6:12AM February 05, 2012

Call it a democracy or a representative republic, either way the fact that it was a "big deal" to many people cause it to be a "big deal" in reality, as our government should be concerned.

Ryan of CA 12:54AM July 17, 2010

People who treat torture lightly should not be in positions of power. Just as well, people who regard torture as "not a big deal" do not have credibility.

jay dinneen of MI 12:06AM July 17, 2010

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