[Thebaddog]

one-time head of Tenet's Osama bin Laden unit, Michael Scheuer

Intelligence failure? He is one of the culprits, but he's now some sort of savant.

[Thebaddog]

And another thing, wasn't the slam dunk comment related the the early attack on Saddam with smart bombs on some farm. It blew the surprise and was completely wrong. I remember Tenet using the grand statement for that big boner and I was not surprised when Bush promoted him out of service.