Andrea Mitchell Implies General Hayden Is Sexist for Criticizing Dianne Feinstein

MITCHELL: "So you've just made it very clear that this all started under Jay Rockefeller when he was chair of the committee. So he's a man. Not given to being emotional, I guess as you as chair are. I mean, where do we come down in this day and age where a woman who is chair of the Intelligence Committee -- because of seniority and expertise and all of the rest that goes into that -- gets accused of being emotional in having worked on this report and basically backed the staff on this report?"
FEINSTEIN: "I think that's an old male fallback position. And there's no question that there are a lot of people out there. I suspect one of them is former CIA director Hayden, that does not want the report to come out. So one of the things you do is try to blur the reputation of someone connected with the report. Obviously I'm the chairman of the committee and connected with the report. I support the findings. I believe they are factual and voted for declassification and I believe we should be transparent and I firmly believe that this report will serve a very positive public good in the long run."
MITCHELL: "We should point out your Republican counterpart Saxby Chambliss also voted for declassification. He had some issues with the content, but he voted to proceed."
FEINSTEIN: "That's correct."