Finding the fall guy in the NSA story?

This is really curious from Steve Clemmons.

After, what, a year and a half of Negroponte in his position as Director of National Intelligence, suddenly, yesterday, Bush has ordered a line of succession directive for that post. In other words, after a year and a half, the Bush administration suddenly felt the need to establish exactly who would take Negroponte's place as DNI if he, and his principal deputy General Mike Hayden, were unable to perform their duties and functions.

And this was ordered right after the NSA spy scandal broke? I am prone to paranoia, but this seems just a little too coincidental.

Update: Looks like McClellan spells fallguy HAYDEN. From today's press briefing:

Q And could you assure us that no wholly domestic communications got swept up, even by accident, in that --

MR. McCLELLAN: ....General Hayden is the Deputy Director of National Intelligence and the former head of the National Security Agency. He's someone who is widely respected for the work he does to protect Americans. And he stated how he can -- he said, I can assure -- this is a quote from him: "I can assure you by the physics of the intercept, by how we actually conduct our activities, that one end of these communications are always outside the United States of America." And the Director of the National Intelligence Office said that they stand by that comment......

MR. McCLELLAN: But I would encourage you to talk to the Director of National Intelligence Office.

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