Comments on: Caution On Tenet http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/04/27/caution-on-tenet/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:16:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/04/27/caution-on-tenet/#comment-75563 Duros62 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:37:21 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6369#comment-75563 Well, come on, now. Look how long it took for Robert McNamara to figure out viet Nam was a cluster fu*k. I'd say this is progress. Well, come on, now. Look how long it took for Robert McNamara to figure out viet Nam was a cluster fu*k.
I’d say this is progress.

]]> By: Quaker in a Basement http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/04/27/caution-on-tenet/#comment-75562 Quaker in a Basement Sat, 28 Apr 2007 05:57:50 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6369#comment-75562 Tenet is telling the truth about the "slam dunk" thing. Go back and read Woodward's description of it in Plan of Attack (p.248-249). Tenet, Andrew Card, Bush, and others discussed the case that would be presented to convince the American people that an invasion was justified. After running through it all: <blockquote>...there was a look on the President's face of, What's this? And then a brief moment of silence. "Nice try," Bush said. "I don't think this is quite--it's not something that Joe Public would understand or would gain a lot of confidence from. Card was also underwhelmed. The presentation was a flop. In terms of marketing, the examples didn't work, the charts didn't work, the photos were not gripping, the intercepts were less than compelling. Bush turned to Tenet. "I've been told all this intelligence about having WMD and this is the best we've got?" From the end of one of the couches in the Oval Office, Tenet rose up, threw his arms in the air. "It's a slam dunk case!" the DCI said.</blockquote> They're not discussing the quality of the <em>evidence.</em> They're discussing the quality of the <em>presentation!</em> The "slam dunk" was referring to whether or not people would buy it, not whether the evidence was clear cut. Tenet is telling the truth about the “slam dunk” thing. Go back and read Woodward’s description of it in Plan of Attack (p.248-249). Tenet, Andrew Card, Bush, and others discussed the case that would be presented to convince the American people that an invasion was justified. After running through it all:

…there was a look on the President’s face of, What’s this? And then a brief moment of silence.

“Nice try,” Bush said. “I don’t think this is quite–it’s not something that Joe Public would understand or would gain a lot of confidence from.

Card was also underwhelmed. The presentation was a flop. In terms of marketing, the examples didn’t work, the charts didn’t work, the photos were not gripping, the intercepts were less than compelling.

Bush turned to Tenet. “I’ve been told all this intelligence about having WMD and this is the best we’ve got?”

From the end of one of the couches in the Oval Office, Tenet rose up, threw his arms in the air. “It’s a slam dunk case!” the DCI said.

They’re not discussing the quality of the evidence. They’re discussing the quality of the presentation! The “slam dunk” was referring to whether or not people would buy it, not whether the evidence was clear cut.

]]> By: Waveflux http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/04/27/caution-on-tenet/#comment-75561 Waveflux Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:36:10 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6369#comment-75561 <a href="http://www.waveflux.net/archives/2007/04/so_when_does_he_throw_his_meda.php" rel="nofollow">What you said.</a> What you said.

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