Explain to the taxpayers, Mr. Tenet!

[Caro]

The excerpt below is posted with the full knowledge and permission, even encouragement, of the author, who wants his essays to be read by as many people as possible. From The Hill’s Pundits Blog:

Chairman Waxman Calls: George Tenet Book Tour Will Be Under Oath!

Brent Budowsky

Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) has invited George Tenet to testify before his investigations panel in May. Since George Tenet is now beginning a big-money book tour, no doubt he will agree to testify — and the fireworks could be enormous.

A word about Henry Waxman. The chairman is the standout member of the new Congress and is doing first-rate work across the board.

He is handling mulitiple investigations with professionalism and fairness, but is a bulldog who aims for the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

A word about George Tenet, and implications about his book tour and probable upcoming testimony:

During his promotional interviews, here are some of the questions that interviewers should ask:

Did Tenet know about deception, dishonesty, falsification or misrepresentation of pre-war intelligence?

Does Tenet know whether any officials in the Bush administration testified falsely to the Congress, by representing to Congress any intelligence arguments for war that they knew to be untrue?...

Budowsky is a contributing editor to Fighting Dems News Service and former aide to Sen. Lloyd Bentsen and Bill Alexander, former chief deputy whip of the House. He can be reached at [e-mail] and read on The Hill’s Pundits Blog.

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Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com