Posted on 06/03/2004 8:03:14 AM PDT by areafiftyone
The shock resignation of CIA Director George Tenet Thursday morning comes just days before the release of a devastating report on the CIA's inaccurate assessment that Iraq had stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction before the war.
"Apparently there is a prewar intelligence report that is about to be released to the public compiled by the Senate Intelligence Committee," reports ABC News.
"We're being told that this report is devastating to George Tenet."
The report "relates to some of the prewar intelligence and some of the advice that Tenet gave to the president and to others in the administration in the lead-up to the Iraqi war."
According to Bob Woodward's recent book, "Plan of Attack," when Bush first expressed doubts about the quality prewar WMD intelligence, Tenet reportedly told him the evidence he had was "a slam dunk."
While no Iraqi WMD stockpiles have been uncovered, the Pentagon confirmed last week that at least one shell of Iraqi munitions contained the deadly nerve agent Sarin.
And Gorelick is another clintinoid plant. She should go to jail.
Before becoming DCIA he was the longtime Democratic chief of staff on the Senate Intelligence Committee, FWIW.
I thought he had a background in corporate espinoage.
I thought he had a background in corporate espionage.
Tenet "personally" takes responsibility for his agency's f-ups. About time.
I think he worked on the hill his entire career before going to CIA, ending up, as I said, as chief of staff of the Senate Intelligence Committee. If he had some connection to corporate espionage I don't remember reading about it.
What do they think Sarin is, laughing gas?
Hmmm, well then, who's responsibility is it that the German, French, Russian, Chinese and UN intelligence all said that Saddam had WMDs?
Right! It is important to focus on the specific weaknesses of the CIA under Clinton, rather than the specific intelligence inaccuracies regarding Iraq's WMD programs. There needs to be a new era at Central Intelligence to hire, promote, and leverage tip-top talent.
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