Breaking: CIA Director George Tenet Submits Resignation
 

1 down, entire administration to go....

Personal reasons huh? Thats code word for a big fuckup. :winkwink:

Personal: New York native, married to A. Stephanie Glakas-Tenet. One son: John Michael.

Source: CIA


WASHINGTON (CNN) -- CIA Director George Tenet has resigned, citing personal reasons, President Bush said Thursday.

Tenet's resignation takes effect in mid-July, after which Deputy Director John McLaughlin will become the agency's acting chief, Bush told reporters at the White House.

Bush said that Tenet informed him of his decision Wednesday night.

Bush said Tenet had done "a superb job for the American people."

"He has been a strong and able leader at the agency," Bush said.

"He has been a strong leader in the war on terror and I will miss him."

He had faced heavy criticism over the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington, and on the war in Iraq, in which pre-invasion U.S. estimates that Iraq was amassing stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction now appear to have been incorrect.

Bush made the announcement before boarding Marine One for a flight to Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. He is on his way to Europe, where he will attend ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in World War II. (Full story)

Tenet was sworn in as the Director of Central Intelligence on July 11, 1997 by President Clinton.

A native New Yorker, Tenet holds a degree in foreign service from Georgetown University and in international affairs from Columbia University.

Definately a huge fuckup on his part.

Notice that he resigns just after it leaks that Chalabi (sp?) is revealed as an operative for Iran. "Operative" isn't the correct word, but he was giving them secrets, etc, and giving the CIA false information. He told Iran that we had just broken their latest code, and more. And, of course, he lied about the WMDs in Iraq.

Evidently, the CIA didn't do their homework on this guy and blindly accepted/trusted him at face value.

Watching Bush backpedal was pretty hilarious (and sickening at the same time).

Bush basically said he talked to Chalabi a couple of times, briefly, mostly in "rope lines", or when doing the handshake thing. Fuck - Chalabi sat right behind Bush's wife at the State of the Union address. You don't get that seat unless you're close to the pres...

Sorry for the ramble.. slept late and need more coffee....

we can only pray John Asscraft is next

"personal reasons" my ass

Ive said this before.

People that pray are the ones who got us into this mess, dont pray, DO!

hahaha well alright

haha, exactly! the guy approved forged documents... he should have been fired months ago.

george tenet was owned by chalabi

Yeah , the disposable puppets are falling by the wayside. I hope as you say the whole damn bunch to be next:thumbsup :thumbsup

Assscrofftt is a sphincter that must be wiped out...

Getting your dicked sucked in the oval office is going to look like a minor infraction after the lid is blown off this entire fucked up administration. This is just the tip of the iceberg.

How amusing, Tenet was hand picked by Bill Clinton and G.W. kept him because he thought he was very competent. A very non-partisan thing to do.

But of course just bash and blame Bush.


Everything is Bush's fault. What a laugh.

lol yea true was just a play on words.. cause I damn sure don't pray.. and if I did it would be for someting usefull like a threesome with those blonde twins.. :1orglaugh

Yea, I thought the same thing. Peoples reading comprehension isn't good.

so lets see what news comes out in the next week that this scum bag is running away from.. personal reasons my ass

I don't think you understand how this stuff works... This guy is a pawn.. he takes the fall so Bush doesn't have too. This guy was the Director of the CIA a high position up on the ladder. I'm sure his hands were dirty under any admin as the nature of that job, but he didn't have the final say on us going to war George Bush did. He's kinda like the sacrificial lamb, somebodys gotta do it.

Yes I was watching Ellen and this was the breaking news that interupted my show. Can't wait unitl Bush is gone. He speaks in choppy four letter sentences and overuses the word "UM" He's such a joke!

So who do you guys think should be the next one to resign?

A. The Vice-President, Dick Cheney, for using his office and the war in Iraq for his own personal profit and that of his friends and business partners?

B. The Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, for failing to provide sufficient leadership regarding the treatment of Iraqi prisoners?

C. The Attorney General, John Ashcr*ft, for overseeing the passing of the Patriot Act, the largest infringement on personal freedoms and rights since the civil war?

or D. The President, Dubya, whose lack of leadership and intelligence, 'inspired' all of the above, and who single-handedly destroyed the credibility of what was once the most trusted position of leadership in the world? Will anyone outside of the USA ever take what the President of the United States says at face value again?

lol they say it was because of private reasons...lol

If it could only be D. That would be nice...