If M had Miss Moneypenny, General Mike Hayden had Cindy. Both were attractive and of a certain age and both were excellent guardians of the gate. While Miss Moneypenny never caused M any trouble at all,Cindy is turning out to be a focus of a major row between Hayden, the head of the CIA and the National Security Agency during the Bush Presidency, and government lawyers.
The trouble has arisen because Hayden is writing his version of a tell all book which is going to set out his story of how, after the terrorists attacked on 9/11, he persuaded the White House to unleash the full force of NSA’s eavesdroppers on millions of innocent Americans both at home and abroad. Of course, he will also touch on how and why he authorized water-boarding, assassinations and rendition while he was Director of the CIA.
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