Tenet vs. Tenet ("Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own set of facts.")

The Washington Times ^ | May 1, 2007 | Editorial

[potlatch]

Wonderful posting! Double the pleasure, lol.

[BluH2o]

Tenet should have been replaced with the rest of the Clintonistas when Bush came into office.

Absolutely ... another rookie mistake by Dubya. Further, not long after Tenet left the CIA this incompetent POS was awarded the Medal of Freedom by Bush ... unbelievable.

[devolve]

Oh no!

I don’t know how I did that!

[potlatch]

[I don’t know how I did that!]

You were probably eating ‘sour cream’ and your finger slipped, heh!!

[PhilDragoo]

Regarding Iraq, we recall the image of Mr. Tenet most vividly from the United Nations in February 2003 as he sat unmoved behind Colin Powell during the then-secretary of state's testimony regarding Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. Mr. Tenet's presence was widely interpreted as a sign of approval of the analysis then being propagated: Saddam Hussein's Iraq was a serious threat for its programs and propensities regarding weapons of mass destruction, and were a danger to the international order. Many foreign intelligence agencies, Democrats and Republicans subscribed to this analysis. A single phone call could have dispelled the idea that Mr. Tenet agreed. He did not make that phone call. Whether the phrase "slam dunk" was uttered in context or out is irrelevant. Mr. Tenet's self-portrayal as truth-teller skeptical of the case for the Iraq war is beyond belief.

[ntnychik]

Colin Powell visited Tenet to double check his presentation, then told Tenet he had to sit behind him, prominently visible. Why else would Tenet have been there? Where’s Tim Russert’s interview of Powell to refute Tenet?