Posted on 06/03/2004 7:30:15 AM PDT by cyncooper
Breaking News on Fox
Kinda like proven until proven guilty I guess...
My "problem" is that I hate it when people post lies as facts.
I'm waiting for the question:
"Who pressured Bush to ask Tenet to resign?"
My guess is that Tenet will shut up and won't be on the talk show circuit for a while to bash anyone, but you're right - if he's going to talk, I think it will be against the Clinton administration.
"Will stay through July. Acting director will take over then."
Kick him out before noon. Lock his door and mail his personal affects to him. I certainly would not trust him.
Yup. If the 'Financial Sacrifice due to his public service' is at all involved, as purported in his justification for leaving, then that means he wants a piece of the book-writing action that the Clintons and Richard Clark got...
The only fact so far is that this is another disaster for Bush. I know the media's doing a lot of it, but this is ridiculous.
I still believe Tenet was behind the "burning" of Valerie Plame. And if he was, it was perfectly legal (the law allows the DCI to reveal any agent's cover). I'll be interested to see if that case hits the press during the slow summer months. I'd love to see it happen, if true.
Here's a theory about what the "personal reasons" might be. Let's say you're the DCIA and you've been hearing strong and persistant intel about a potential devastating attack on the US especially in the mid-July - November time frame. Your network has not been able to surface any specifics and the clock is ticking. What should you do? If you stay, you could be, at a minimum, blamed for the attack or, at worst, you could be one of the victims. One telling sign will be where Tenet moves after his resignation. If he stays in the northern Virginia area, then the theory is probably untrue. However, if he moves out of that area to someplace, like say, Arizona or Nevada or Montana and does it rather suddenly, then the theory might have more credence.
Only smart politically if Rudy or McCain replace Cheney as VP. You have to provide cover for moving Cheney and putting Frist or Ridge in won't cut it.
LOL! Depending on who you are, that could get one permanently eliminated here. But of course, this will get a wink and a nod.
Mind your own business, Joe.
LOL! You need to just take a breath Howlin.
Should I go out on a limb and suggest that he might be trying to help Bush? (Tinfoil handy)
Excellent post, I'll add that Tenet may yet be vindicated on the WMD Intel
Well, my statement has been rebutted and I have conceded the point without argument, so you should not have any further problem.
You think a CIA director resigning is a disaster for Bush?
It must suck to be you if you're that easily discouraged.
Don't bet on it. I'll bet they have a backup ready to go to confirmations.
Andrea has her claws out. She tries so hard to portray herself as an insider but, in fact, she's well out there on the fringes.
It was a reference post to my own 453:
"Chris Wallace on Fox confirms that Tenet wanted to leave before.
Someone earlier on this thread wanted to know if that was a true story."
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