Tenet Calls War On Iraq Wrong

[Oilwellian]

NEW YORK The guest speaker was famous, and he was visiting a small town far from the spotlight of network TV cameras and the reach of big-name reporters from national newspapers. In other words: It was a perfect scenario for a local reporter to snag an exclusive. And Anna Clark, 24, correspondent for The Herald-Palladium of St. Joseph, Mich., was there to grab it.

Addressing the Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan Wednesday night, George Tenet, former director of central intelligence, called the war on Iraq "wrong," according to Clark's article on Thursday, although it was unclear whether he meant the war itself or mainly the intelligence it was based on.

Tenet also said that the Iraq war was "rightly being challenged," but the CIA was making important strides toward success in the greater war on terrorism, according to the reporter.

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"We had inconsistent information, and we did not inform others in the community of gaps in our intelligence," Tenet said, with surprising frankness, as recorded by Clark, who recently covered a speech by Paul Bremer before the same group. "The extraordinary men and women who do magnificent work in the CIA are held accountable every day for what they do, and as part of keeping our faith with the American people, we will tell you when we're right or wrong."

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[Nlighten1]

1. I can hear them now...

Tenet is a Clinton lover!

[grasswire]

2. held accountable?

who has been held accountable?

[grytpype]

3. This is the dam bursting!!!!!

How can Bush possibly spin this????

Oh, I know, "disgruntled bitter fired employee, probably unstable"

[barb162]

4. "inconsistent information" why did he tell Bush it was a slamdunk

this makes NO sense. He totally asskissed Bush/Cheney with giving CIA info supporting the Bush case for war. Is this a bit of a backpedal or how about an outright lie.This creep is trying to have it both ways. I can't believe it.