[MEG33]

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.

[Peach]

Ditto everything you said.

[WestCoastGal]

I agree with what you said. I challenge anyone to go into that hornets nest at the CIA and straighten it out with the bureaucratic mess that has taken years and years to put in place and now try to figure it out quickly. It's even gotten worse since 9-11, there are 1000's plotting against us, not to mention countries plotting against us. How in the world do we get the handle on this now quickly? And is it even possible to thwart every attack. They've done darn well, I might add since 9-11.

From the tone of President Bush's voice (oops time out had to change channel to remove Pelosi from my TV)

From the tone of President Bush's voice this morning I have a feeling Director Tenet may be ill. Or, someone in his family may be ill. President Bush was visibly shaken and I don't think it's simply because the Director submitted a letter of resignation. I can't bash this man until I know the whole story and we quite possibly never will.