[Fedora]

Interesting line of thought. At this point I tend to think the CIA coup attempt against Bush/Cheney came from a couple notches below Tenet in the chain of command, but there are a few missing pieces of information I think would be needed to state that with confidence. I'll be posting something else shortly with some thoughts on where I think the anti-Cheney faction of the Agency was concentrated, will ping you when I do.

[Buckhead]

Thanks.

[Enchante]

"At this point I tend to think the CIA coup attempt against Bush/Cheney came from a couple notches below Tenet in the chain of command, but there are a few missing pieces of information I think would be needed to state that with confidence."

Agreed, so far as we know now..... I know of no reason to think Tenet was a completely active participant in any of the main Plamegate garbage, but he let a lot of things slide and there sure do not seem to be any signs that he made any reasonable efforts to find out what was really going on, either. His behavior at many points in this brouhaha make it appear that he had no interest in setting the record straight, defending the truth on sensitive matters that were being grossly distorted to undermine the war effort, or in cleaning up the cesspool of Plame-like people in the CIA.

Granted, even with the best of intentions and resolve it would be like cleansing the Augean Stables..... even Hercules had to re-direct two rivers to perform that feat in the ancient myth, and Tenet obviously has no Herculean talents. Still, Tenet could have made some sincere and vigorous efforts to set limits on the misbehavior from within his agency, and he could have made it clear to the MSM, Congress, and the public that the developing story line spouted by Joe Wilson was fictitious. Tenet let down the country in a big way - sure don't know why he was worthy of a Presidential Medal of Freedom....