I can believe Tenet on this one. Im sure Clinton didn’t want to know about such things so Tenet didn’t talk about them, and then he carried over that behavior to President Bush. If so, Tenet blundered. It is further sad that he puts blame on Bush for things that can be attributed to Clinton.
I can believe Tenet on this one.
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I wonder what was going through President Bush’s mind when he learned what Tenet thought about their daily meetings?!
I don’t agree about this being an issue of chain of command. If the Director of the CIA does not have “direct report” relationship with the President then there would not be direct briefings. Yes, its via the NSA, but I can’t conceive of walking into the oval office going over threats and holding back because I haven’t discussed with NSA. That doesn’t make sense.
What is the purpose of the daily morning briefing? To foster direct and open communications. If Tenant thought there were items that required formal NSA oversight/approval/decision then additional joint meetings and/or decision documents could be forwarded.