https://hotair.com/obama-bush-osama-vindication/2011/05/09/hayden-now-we-can-talk-about-cia-victories/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 12:19:29 -0400<![CDATA[The takeaway for most people in this CNN interview by Fareed Zakaria with former CIA chief Michael Hayden will be the repetition of the facts of the Osama bin Laden case &#8212; the development of the initial leads by interrogation at so-called &#8220;black sites&#8221; opposed by the current administration, the involvement of George Bush four years ago and his commitment to running down OBL, and so on. Hayden also tells Zakaria, in so many words, that giving the green light to the operation was a gutsy call, and that had he been the man to make it, he would have been plenty worried about another Desert One fiasco &#8212; especially since all of the evidence of bin Laden&#8217;s presence was &#8220;circumstantial.&#8221;]]>Mon, 09 May 2011 08:48:23 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2011/05/09/hayden-now-we-can-talk-about-cia-victories-n178069