Note Conclusion paragraph 22. George Tenet receives a medal for outstanding work at the CIA. Why?
Assume that Tenet knows that GWB knows that Tenet tried to screw the White House over.
If this is true, honoring Tenet was a way of making it hard for those he works for to trust him.
But that speaks of politics on a level one doesn't expect from Americans. In fact it is down right reminiscent of court politics in less civilized times.