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Bush Nominates Ex-NSA Chief Michael Hayden to Head CIA

HeadlineMay 08, 2006

President Bush has nominated four star general Michael Hayden today to become the new director of the CIA to replace Porter Goss who abruptly resigned on Friday afternoon. Hayden was the director of the National Security Agency in 2001 when President Bush ordered the NSA to begin conducting domestic surveillance without the court warrants required by law.

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