Nominee is a Liar!

C-SPAN has been rerunning a tape of a January 23, 2006 press conference at which General Hayden defended the NSA’s unauthorized wiretapping. During the Q&A that followed the general’s presentation, a reporter tried to point out that the warrant-less wiretapping was circumventing the 4th Amendment because, as the general had said, the NSA was using “reasonable certainty” as their standard for wiretapping. When the reporter tried to point out, correctly, that the Fourth Amendment standard was probable cause, the general “corrected” him by insisting that the phrase “probable cause” was not part of the wording in the constitution. The general emphasized his point by saying that if there’s one amendment they are familiar with it’s the Fourth Amendment. A Google search brought me the wording which I’ll paste below…
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”
The scary thing is that nobody was able or willing to correct the false assertion that the high government official made. The questioning reporter tried to insist that the "legal standard" as defined by the Supreme Court is probable cause but the gravitas of the uniform and the office enabled the General to dismiss the truth.

Where's the outrage?