Journal editorial overlooked inconsistencies to claim Levin "spun" Hayden's testimony on Feith

A June 27 Wall Street Journal editorial alleged that Sen. Carl Levin had "spun" the testimony given by CIA Director Gen. Michael V. Hayden at his Senate confirmation hearings "to claim support for the Democratic assertion that former Pentagon official [Undersecretary of Defense for Policy] Douglas Feith had 'distorted intelligence assessments on Iraq.' " In fact, when Levin asked Hayden during the hearing whether he was "comfortable with Mr. Feith's office's approach to intelligence analysis," Hayden responded directly: "No, sir, I wasn't." Read more