On this one, I'm more inclined to believe Safire than Tenet. Bush should have fired Tenet long since.
The Washington Post's Walter Pincus followed up with a "senior administration official's finding that eliminates a once-suggested link between the terrorist attacks and the government of President Saddam Hussein."
Whatever Pincus says, you can be sure the truth is not in it. Clinton gave his wife a cozy job and Pincus tried to smear John Bolton during the Florida recount.