These are the tweets directly from Tom Matzzie, former Washington director of MoveOn.org Political Action, who sat near retired Gen. Michael Hayden on the Acela train.
Matzzie’s tweets suggest that Hayden took calls from reporters digging into the ongoing NSA spy scandal and asking about President...
[Tweets from Tom Matzzie, former Washington Director of MoveOn.org]
- Former NSA spy boss Michael Hayden on Acela behind me blabbing "on background as a former senior admin official" Sounds defensive.
- Hayden talking about a famous blackberry now.
- Hayden was bragging about rendition and black sites a minute ago.
- Michael Hayden on Acela giving reporters disparaging quotes about admin. "Remember, just refer as former senior admin" #exNSAneedsadayjob
- On Acela: Michael Hayden was talking to Massimo Calabresi at TIME I am pretty sure. Does he tweet?
- On Acela: former NSA spy boss Michael Hayden just ended last of handful of interviews bashing admin.
- On Acela listening to former NSA spy boss Michael Hayden give "off record" interviews. I feel like I'm in the NSA. Except I'm in public.
- On Acela: phone ringing. I think the jig is up. Maybe somebody is telling him I'm here. Do I hide?
- New call. I am totally busted I think.
- I think I'm safe. Just passed Philly. No rendition yet. Do I have the balls to ask him for a photo? #haydenacela
- There is a faint smell of sulfur on the train. #Haydenacela
- On Acela: Hayden's comments to press were clearly about NSA spying on foreign allies. #haydenacela
- For the record, I am not a reporter.
- I just had a very nice conversation with Michael Hayden. He was a gentleman and we disagree.
- For those asking, this was not the quiet car. So he wasn't THAT guy.
- On the pic. His office called him and then he graciously offered me an interview. We talked around the 4th amendment and foreign spying.
Michael-hayden released Overheard on Amtrak on Fri Oct 25 2013.