::Thursday, June 03, 2004::
TENET SMART
..The CIA Director's resignation was personally well-timed to deflect accusations of his mishandling of intelligence leading to the Iraq war. It is no question that George Tenet will be the recipient of tremendous blame from the 9-11 Commission when their report comes out in July. The shrewd operative that he is, he preempted whatever decision the President may do to assign blame to his underlings for the failures of the country that allowed the crisis to happen. The White House was caught off-guard and have to do damage control at a time when terror threats exist and intelligence investigations on Chalabi and the outing of Ms. Plame undermine the authority of the CIA.
