The big news story today? All the phone companies have been complicit in spying on tens of millions of Americans. Maybe this is why, under Hayden, the NSA was described as having gone "deaf" from being overwhelmed with new sources of information.

Maybe if they hadn't been spying on tens of millions of innocent people, this wouldn't be a problem. So, Hayden seems to meet all the requirements for a potential Bush appointee. He's a criminal (and has a bunch of connections to real MZM criminals), and he's incompetent. At least they're not breaking the pattern.

Also, fitting with the pattern, the Justice Department investigation into the NSA spying has been cancelled. Why? Because they won't give the investigators the higher clearance required to look at the files. Once again, hiding behind executive priviledge and classification to hide illegal activity.