George Tenet is making headlines saying the administration misplayed the WMD evidence. But Tenet has held his tongue on this information for years now until he stands to gain fiscally. George Tenet is the CIA director who served at the time of the worst intelligence failure in U.S. history. He was part of the leadership team that led this country into a war that killed over 3,000 Americans. For this he was awarded the medal of freedom and he held his tongue.
Take what he says with a giant salt lick.
What you said.
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:
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.
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.