FNC said that Tenet had wanted to leave for a while but the administration urged him to stay.
You're one of the few who agree with me - Tenet will be loyal to the president and country. Given the president's father's background with the CIA, I think there is loyalty on all sides in this issue.
I agree.
Absolutely right.
I agree with you both.
This was not a forced resignation? Did you hear Bush -- he didn't have any prepared remarks!
And Tenet will be loyal to Bush.
I think Tenet has served a long time for a CIA Director, he stayed because he was asked to stay...I do not hold him responsible for all the ills of the CIA...it was a mess when he worked for Clinton...9/11 came in the first year with Bush..
.Changes were needed and hard to do..A new face may get the same reception the Pentagon/Army greeted Rumsfield's reorganizing...change is a like herding cats in a bureaucracy.
Bush liked him and I believe Tenet liked Bush even though Tenet is a dem. I think he was tired.
Trying to catch up here but I think you're right. I don't look for Tenet to be trouble.
Yes. There is only so much one man can take, and Tenet has reached his limit.
Bush has stood by Tenet throughout a very difficult time, but the DCI is still a mortal man, and his burdens are many.
Bush says he's sorry to see Tenet go, and I believe him.
We can speculate about what the straw was that broke the camel's back, but the truth is that they all did. He just doesn't want the job anymore.
Tenet has decided to throw in the towel, and frankly, I think that's about all there is to this.