“We saw Howard Dean earlier in your interview say that the eavesdropping program conducted under the supervision of Lieutenant General Hayden by the National Security Agency, entirely staffed by career employees — that that somehow is pernicious, intolerably is kind of domestic spying on political enemies,” Kristol said on Fox News Sunday. “The Democratic Party is at risk if the Republicans exploit this now. They either focus and make the case that the Democratic Party is the party that stands against men like Alito being judges and the leadership of people like General Hayden in terms of national security, and I think that’s very dangerous for the Democratic Party if Republicans highlight this to the voters.”