Lawmakers knew of surveillance, ex-CIA chief says

An angry Michael V. Hayden insists that top members of Congress were kept informed and supported the post-9/11 program.

Associated Press
July 12, 2009

Washington -- Former CIA Director Michael V. Hayden angrily struck back Saturday at assertions that the Bush administration's post-9/11 surveillance program was more far-reaching than imagined and was largely concealed from congressional overseers.

In an interview with the Associated Press, Hayden said that top members of Congress were kept well informed all along the way, notwithstanding protests from some that they were kept in the dark.

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