Post by Ceci on Apr 27, 2007 18:31:53 GMT -5
Has anyone heard of the scathing remarks stated by George Tenet that last few days? He had not only written a book; he will also be interviewed in the coming days about the reasons behind the Iraq War. One of the most telling parts of his remarks in the fact that his reputation suffered at the hands of trying to push the reasons behind the conflict overseas.
Today, the White House had responded to Mr. Tenet's remarks. They allegedly refuted what he said in order to save face from what is going to be an explosive work on the early days of the Iraq War and the scramble for intelligence to justify the conflict overseas.
Here's what the UK's Independent had to say about this:
What does everyone think about this?
Today, the White House had responded to Mr. Tenet's remarks. They allegedly refuted what he said in order to save face from what is going to be an explosive work on the early days of the Iraq War and the scramble for intelligence to justify the conflict overseas.
Here's what the UK's Independent had to say about this:
The row over how President Bush went to war in Iraq has re-erupted with a charge by George Tenet, the former director of the CIA, that a coterie of top officials pushed America into the conflict with no real debate as to whether Saddam Hussein actually posed an imminent threat to the US.
Mr Tenet's angry indictment of his colleagues is the first of its kind from a top ranking member of Mr Bush's once-vaunted national security team, and was instantly rebutted by the White House.
"The President did wrestle with those very serious questions," Dan Bartlett, a senior White House adviser, said yesterday. The former CIA chief, he drily noted, though a "true patriot" was probably unaware of how intensely the President had discussed the case for war with Tony Blair and other allied leaders.
That dismissal, however, is unlikely to be the end of the matter as Iraq is at the centre of political debate here and Mr Bush is poised to veto a measure from the Democrat-controlled Congress that ties $124bn (£62m) of emergency funding for the wars there and in Afghanistan to a phased troop withdrawal starting later this year.
In a sense, the row follows a familar Washington pattern, especially in the second term of a struggling administration, when officials who have lost either arguments or their jobs tend to settle scores with their rivals, usually in the pages of a best-selling political tell-all.
Mr Tenet's angry indictment of his colleagues is the first of its kind from a top ranking member of Mr Bush's once-vaunted national security team, and was instantly rebutted by the White House.
"The President did wrestle with those very serious questions," Dan Bartlett, a senior White House adviser, said yesterday. The former CIA chief, he drily noted, though a "true patriot" was probably unaware of how intensely the President had discussed the case for war with Tony Blair and other allied leaders.
That dismissal, however, is unlikely to be the end of the matter as Iraq is at the centre of political debate here and Mr Bush is poised to veto a measure from the Democrat-controlled Congress that ties $124bn (£62m) of emergency funding for the wars there and in Afghanistan to a phased troop withdrawal starting later this year.
In a sense, the row follows a familar Washington pattern, especially in the second term of a struggling administration, when officials who have lost either arguments or their jobs tend to settle scores with their rivals, usually in the pages of a best-selling political tell-all.
What does everyone think about this?