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>> arent you throwing him under the bus with that one? >> i thought it was the wrong thing to do for an official of his sfats -- stature to be making those sorts of comments and not taking accountability for them. >> reporter: they werent in the quiet car and matsy says hayden wasnt trying to muffle his conversation. matsy here, hayden here two rows back and matsy said hayden was, quote, the loud guy on the train. in a statement to cnn, hayden, a cnn.com contributor, said i didnt criticize the p...

Michael hayden was defending himself today saying he did not in fact criticize the obama administration. why the former spy chief felt compelled to say this is fascinating. strangers on the train, specifically on a train outside philadelphia. these werent just any old strangers. one man was the previously mentioned michael hayden talking on the phone on background to reporters about the obama administration and he is overheard by tom matsy, who worked for moveon.org. former nsa spy boss behind m...

Brian? >> christie and miguel, the irony here is that the man who once led the nations eavesdropping program had the tables turned on him, and its become a political hot topic. tom matsy says he was sitting on the acela train from d.c. to new york listening for an hour and 20 minutes to man speaking brashly on a cell phone. >> i didnt like what he was doing. >> reporter: it wasnt just any passenger. it was former nsa and cia director michael hayden, speaking to reporters, giving his take on the ...

Question, first, whether or not im saying anything thats untrue, but all of my comments that i made on twitter and subsequently are accurate. >> once? haydens office apparently noticed matzzie, matsy tweeted the jig is up. they had a pleasant conversation and posed for a picture. he says at that point hayden offered to do an interview with him, but he told hayden he was not a journalist. wolf? what specifically did hayden say that supposedly disparaged the obama administration. >> because he sai...

Sounds defensive." hayden was bragging about rendition and black sites a minute ago. phone ringing, i think the jig is up. maybe somebody is telling him im here. do i hide? mr. hayden apparently did speak with tom matzzie and posed for a picture with him. there is a picture and another tweet from tom matzzie, me and steeler fan mike hayden. given their friend lira pore later on i spoke to tom matzzie on the the phone and he was unrepentant. he thought that mr. hayden was undignified in doing wha...

Ironier, the man who led the eavesdropping program, getting the tables turned on him. now its the political dish of the day. tom matsy said he was is the sitting on the extra infrom d.c. to new york, listening for an hour and 20 minutes to a man speaking brashly on his cell phone. >> i didnt like what he was doing. >> it wasnt just any passenger. it was michael hayden, speaking to reporters, giving his take on the nsa spying scandal, insisting, matsy says, he be referred to as a former senior ad...

Joins me former advisor for the republican conference . democrat strategist and move on.com. tom matsy. thank you for joiningut. >> good afternoon. >> good to see you, we see max even - on max even waters. i am not going down without eye fight. i want it right now. is she self motivated or a possible good thing for the democrat party before the midterms? tom? >> well, i suspect that the congresswoman is trying to present her best defense. if you look at what is going on in the congress for the l...