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Tenet took the heat as a professional. If the president has confidence in him, he should get to keep his job. Instead, let's fire every other government employee who is a Clinton appointee. I suspect that many of those people are still problems.

Don't forget the State Department "career" employees. I'm told constantly that the President can't just fire them.

BS...If I were the President I would clean house in many agencies of the "career types" if they didn't subscribe to my agenda, be it with executive orders or whatever means available.

Even if we had to "buy" the bastards out...they would be gone and MY types would be hired. Small price to pay, IMHO.

What department was it that Clinton was able to purge of lawyers when he took office...DOJ, if I remember correctly.

"... Tenet took the heat as a professional. If the president has confidence in him, he should get to keep his job."

Interesting to hear someone say that around here. I don't like that he worked for Leahy previously, but I have read many reports here that Tenet was obsessed with Osama bin Laden and Al-Queda long before they were on anyone's radar screen. He kept insisting that they were planning a spectacular attack to anyone who would listen going back for years.

Anyone determined to plan in the long-term for an attack against the US will probably be successful, and there's little that government can do about it unless they get lucky. Even resorting to becoming a police state will bring limited success. Chechyans have been successful in attacks on Russians, we know.

I don't know what to make of Tenet, but I agree that he's taking it like a professional. Maybe he's even more valuable now. I cannot say with certainty.