Where was George Tenet?

Washington Times ^ | Tuesday, September 25, 2001 | House Editorial

[JohnHuang2]

Since the horrific events of Sept. 11, nearly everyone in Washington seems to have reached the obvious conclusion that U.S. intelligence agencies in general and the CIA in particular are failing to recruit human intelligence sources to penetrate hostile governments and terrorist groups. The congressional demagoguery and micromanaging that have crippled the CIA's ability to do its job began back in the 1970s, well before the current director, George Tenet, assumed the post. Nonetheless, Mr. Tenet certainly must shoulder much of the blame for the intelligence failure of Sept. 11

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

The "accidental" bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade was no accident.

[American Soldier]

No kidding. If he was responsible for the Operation Embassy Strike he has my vote for president.

These politicians, democrats in particular, pointing fingers at the defense community are ridiculous. You don't cut the manhood off of a bull and then get mad at him when he doesn't know what to do with a cow.

[Uncle Bill]

While terrorists plotted, CIA officers were making "diversity quilts"

Another Black Mark for Tenet

[Uncle Bill]

While the terrorists and their sponsors were plotting to hijack airliners and crash them into Manhattan skyscrapers and the Pentagon, senior CIA officials were compelling analysts and operations officers to attend sensitivity-training classes and sew diversity quilts. That is a fact.

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"The South Dakota Democrat's wife, Linda, is a lobbyist who mostly represents airlines, aircraft makers and other aviation-related interests — all of which have a steady stream of issues before the Senate.

...For five years — from 1993 to 1997 — she was deputy administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. She served for the last few months as the agency's acting administrator.

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