Since you apparently can't figure out why Tenet was retained, I will explain the facts of life to you.
Rather presumptuous of you, don't you think? I have firsthand knowledge of how the Agency and the bureaucracy works. Tenet was retained by GWB because he was a known quantity based more than likely on his father's recommendation. I doubt if Tenet would still be in charge if it weren't for the events of 9/11.
DCI and the FBI heads are not supposed to be Political in order to allow continuity in security matters;
Unlike many CIA directors, Tenet was neither a career CIA official nor a prominent business, military or political figure. In fact, Tenet was very political. He was a Senate staffer for Leahy and Boren and was able to finagle his way on to the Senate Intelligence Committtee. You can clearly see how all this experience would prepare a man for intelligence work. The only active verb to be found anywhere on Tenet's resume was "kiss" and the only subject for that verb was "ass." This particular specialty would, in the final analysis, vault him to the top.
new appointee would have been held up by Traitorous, backstabbing RATS and their RATmedia allies;
That depends on the nominee. A retired ex-military type would have sailed through.
) Retention of Tenet gives Bush cover for attacks such as this and had he been fired and embittered could be causing great difficulty in these hearings;
Agree, which is why Bush will wait until after he is reelcted before replacing him.
DCI is ALWAYS a bureaucrat. Some work their way up the bureacracy ala Dulles, McCone, Helms, Woolsey, Colby others come up through the military bureaucracy: Turner, Walters, Smith.
Not so. First of all, Walters was never confirmed as the Director. He was acting DCI for a few months. Directors who did not come up through the civilian or military bureaucracy include Schlesinger, John McCone, George HW Bush, Bill Casey, Bill Webster, James Woolsey, and John Deutch. Of all the DCIs Tenet has the least impressive resume. He has never run anything except a Senate staff. Placing this bureaucrat in charge of a global organization with a multi-billion dollar budget is a joke.
Sorry to disabuse you of the notion that James Bond types wind up in the Director's office.
I am under no illusion of the types that occupy the DCI's office. I have met a few and I know they are no James Bonds.