[Quilla]

What disturbs me is why George Tenet, after certainly reading Wilson's NYT's Op-Ed, didn't say a single word. His silence, in the face of Wilson's obvious (at that time, obvious only to Tenet and the CIA) lies, undermined the President's credibility in a time of war. Shoot, the CIA is the outfit that requested the special prosecutor in this case. It's baffling.

[kabar]

Tenet issued the following press release a few days later. It essentially said that the VP didn't send Wilson nor did the VP's office and other high ranking officials ever receive a briefing on what Wilson found.

STATEMENT BY GEORGE J. TENET DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE July 11, 2003

[Kozak]

. Shoot, the CIA is the outfit that requested the special prosecutor in this case. It's baffling.

No it's not. Elements in the CIA have been at war with the administration since day one. The Wilson- Plame afair reeks of a CIA op AGAINST our own government. Some major mucking out needs to be of the stables in Langley.