Text of CIA Director Tenet's Statement

Associated Press ^ | 07-11-03

[larryjohnson]

NSC staff is too large;sits in all intel agencies.Appointees w/o charter.

[Terp]

If Tenet hasn't offered his resignation, Bush should demand it. It should be accepted. Time to clean the Augean stables both at State and the CIA.

I disagree, let the liberal press go ape sh*t over this and have them demand Tenet's resignation and then let them make bigger fools out of themselves when Bush fails to act on thier less than noble demands.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

WOW, THAT WAS FAST

So fast, I must have missed the ZOT! I like those.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Brian Wilson on FoxNews just reported that down on the street Terry McCauliffe drove by shouting to him out of his car, "I'm telling you, Bush is gone." Wilson could barely contain his laughter.

I can't wait until Mcauliffe is in prison where he belongs, affectionately "befriended" by 350 lb home-boys.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Something tells me Tenet's admission of responsibility is in return for his job security. He needs to go. So does 95% of the State Department.

100%

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

That's why I'm thinking he's a desperate man outgrowing his usefulness.

More likely a desperate child encountering his uselessness.

[swheats]

Yep, we agree on desperate. This election cycle is going to be one to watch.

[MinuteGal]

Firing Tenet now would play right into the 'Rats hands. His dismissal would be shouted from the mountain tops as an axing of a "fall guy" for the "liar", George Bush. He would become an instant poster boy martyr for the libs. Better to let this cool for a while.

Leni

[faithincowboys]

Do they have footage of him saying it, i thought it was an anecdote? Oh if they have that sob saying that on tape, life is good!

[Dolphy]

Anyone know how Bush's speeches get written? Someone involved in the speech writing set him up?

I don't know if someone was trying to set him up, clearly he went out of his way to refer to British intelligence.

My question is, if the Brits believe and continue to believe in their intelligence, why wouldn't the US try to reconcile their apparent thin evidence with that the Brits had. Tenet is standing up and taking responsibility while Blair is simply standing by his original assertion. Obviously the British have other evidence.

Secondly, why is this becoming an issue now? Didn't El Baradei announce during a UN meeting that the document was forged? This coming after all of the debate and charges of misrepresentation (in the US press) over the aluminum tubes? The press has had plenty of time to investigate and wildly fling their accusations, why are they just getting to it now?

I know this, nuclear weapons were not the single basis of military action, or the most prominent justification provided in the State of the Union address. They were a question, a possibility, something confirmed in Iraq's past with information indicating that a program might still be active. Was Bush to rely on the IAEA? How foolish would that be given their record of underestimating programs in Iraq (in the past) and more recently Iran.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Roger that.

PS. Nice home page. Gotta make one for myself -- but I'm just an ordinary guy, MBA, executive, homeowner, conservative, patriot, golfer, musician, FReeper. :O)

[Calpernia]

>>>My question is, if the Brits believe and continue to believe in their intelligence, why wouldn't the US try to reconcile their apparent thin evidence with that the Brits had.

Cause it wasn't just the Brits. It was Italy's intelligence too.

[Calpernia]

>>>, why is this becoming an issue now? Didn't El Baradei announce during a UN meeting that the document was forged?

I remember watching the coverage of Hans Blix's report to the UN Security Council. ElBaradei was very quiet and short on words. Volunteered nothing.

BUT, as soon as the Niger document came up, ElBaradei was forthcoming, quick with a response, and volunteered information.

[Calpernia]

>>>>I know this, nuclear weapons were not the single basis of military action, or the most prominent justification provided in the State of the Union address. They were a question, a possibility, something confirmed in Iraq's past with information indicating that a program might still be active. Was Bush to rely on the IAEA? How foolish would that be given their record of underestimating programs in Iraq (in the past) and more recently Iran.

What you indicated is correct; but, to a more specific concern. You need to research thoroughly, http://www.iraqwatch.org . This is merely a holding engine for more specifics. Not an opinion.

[Mo1]

CIA's counter-proliferation experts, on their own initiative, asked an individual with ties to the region to make a visit to see what he could learn. He reported back to us that one of the former Nigerian officials he met stated that he was unaware of any contract being signed between Niger and rogue states for the sale of uranium during his tenure in office. The same former official also said that in June 1999 a businessman approached him and insisted that the former official meet with an Iraqi delegation to discuss "expanding commercial relations" between Iraq and Niger. The former official interpreted the overture as an attempt to discuss uranium sales. The former officials also offered details regarding Niger's processes for monitoring and transporting uranium that suggested it would be very unlikely that material could be illicitly diverted. There was no mention in the report of forged documents or any suggestion of the existence of documents at all.

Gee .. I don't remember Wilson mentioning this in his op-ed

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

While I agree we do not want to give the dims more for their war drums to beat about, Clinton holdovers, incompetents, and socialists must be rooted out of the admininistration. Lott was a nice guy, but he gave us Ruth Bader Ginsburg for God's sake! The State Department and the CIA must be purged before it's too late for GW. Should have been done already.

[swheats]

Thanks

You are definately not ordinary, you're a Freeper and everybody takes time to decorate. Try it

[Mo1]

Did you know that Tony Blair is making a speech before a joint session of Congress next week?

Our Congress???

Oh I can't wait to see this

[Mo1]

~~~Dean's out for his head~~~

Yep, I saw a clip where he was blaming the other Dem canidates for voting for the war even after reading this report

Didn't they vote on the war before the news of these documents was out?

[Dolphy]

Cause it wasn't just the Brits. It was Italy's intelligence too.

The Italians agreed with the Brits?

What you indicated is correct; but, to a more specific concern. You need to research thoroughly, http://www.iraqwatch.org . This is merely a holding engine for more specifics.

I am familiar with this site but tell me what you think I am missing that has you referring me.