And in case this didn't occur to you...

washingtonpost.com:

Barred by secrecy restrictions from correcting 'misinformation,' he said, the CIA is at the mercy of the press. 'Unfortunately, there seems to be an instinct among some in the media today to take a few pieces of information, which may or may not be accurate, and run with them to the darkest corner of the room,' Hayden said.

Hayden's speech and some questions that followed evoked more recent criticism of the intelligence community, which has been accused of illegal wiretapping, infiltration of antiwar groups, and kidnapping and torturing of terrorism suspects.

'It's surely part of [Hayden's] program now to draw a bright line with the past,' said National Security Archive Director Thomas S. Blanton. 'But it's uncanny how the government keeps dipping into the black bag.' Newly revealed details of ancient CIA operations, Blanton said, 'are pretty resonant today.'