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Thursday, April 26, 2007

"Slam Dunk"

Boy, I wish Tenet had spoken out EARLIER:
Ex-CIA director George Tenet has lashed out against the Bush administration in an interview broadcast on CBS' 60 Minutes, accusing it of distorting his pre-Iraq War claim that the existence of weapons of mass destruction was a "slam dunk."

Tenet, who called the administration's distortion "disingenuous and dishonorable," says it has resulted in the ruining of his career and reputation.

"The phrase 'slam dunk' didn't refer to whether Saddam Hussein actually had WMDs," Tenet says, according to a CBS News report. "He says he was talking about what information could be used to make that case when he uttered those words. 'We can put a better case together for a public case. That's what I meant,'" Tenet explained.

"It's the most despicable thing that ever happened to me," the former CIA director is quoted as saying. "You don't do this. You don't throw somebody overboard just because it's a deflection. Is that honorable? It's not honorable to me."

Tenet goes on to sharply criticize President Bush for basing his decision to go to war on the "slam dunk" statement, as well as Vice President Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for continuing to use it as a talking point.

"And the hardest part of all this has been just listening to this for almost three years, listening to the vice president go on Meet the Press on the fifth year [anniversary] of 9/11 and say, 'Well, George Tenet said slam dunk' as if he needed me to say 'slam dunk' to go to war with Iraq," Tenet was quoted.


The funny thing is what Tenet says is exactly what I thought happened. I had read that Tenet's comment was simply about SELLING the case for WMD, not for their actual existence, a couple of years ago. But obviously the "slam dunk" comment was BADLY misused by the administration, and the press simply went a long with it.

I only wonder why Tenet didn't speak out before...

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

""""It's the most despicable thing that ever happened to me," the former CIA director (tenet) is quoted as saying."""

wow isn't it just heinous that tenet ended up looking bad!

hey tenet, maybe these poor souls will feel sorry for you!
is it possible that these people will forgive you?
right. burn in hell tenet, along with the rest of the whitey establishment that you bent over for!

7:56 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

President Kennedy said that he wanted to take the CIA and break it into a thousand pieces.

The CIA (and its backers) didn't take kindly to that and showed their "appreciation" for such sentiments not very long after the President let it be known what HE thought about the CIA.

10:03 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A comprehensive survey by World Public Opinion.org of the University of Maryland reveals that a large number of Muslims don't buy the official story of 9/11. They also reject, overwhelmingly, violent attacks on civilians. Many of them feel that the US is out to weaken and divide Islam in general, and this affects their views on "al Qaeda",

1:49 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

early wynn--PLUS Kennedy didn't want to accelerate the war in Vietnam...the war profiteers called up their buddies in the CIA and said "get this guy outta there"...he probably would have attempted to break up the military-industrial complex as well...all this equals=motive for assassination...

7:26 PM  

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