LARRY JOHNSON: A Bloody Lie of George Tenet

[FourScore]

A Bloody Lie of George Tenet
by
Larry C Johnson

How many lies is George Tenet allowed to tell on TV before he immolates the last shred of credibility? Judging by his latest sad performance on Meet the Press I would say his time is up. Tenet insisted to Tim Russert today that he was crystal clear in debunking the assumption that Al Qaeda and Iraq were in cahoots:

Well, Tim, Tim, I will tell you that I had many conversations, particularly on Iraq and al-Qaeda, particularly on the terrorism question, where we drew the line as sharply as we knew how. We were very, very clear about our judgments. We worked very, very hard to make sure that people comported and stayed within the bounds of what the intelligence showed.

But George Tenet can’t keep his stories straight. For example, as has been widely reported, he starts his book off with an inaccurate account of a conversation with neocon and Iraq war advocate Richard Perle. It is the day after 9-11, Perle is stuck in France, yet Tenet writes that he saw Perle exiting the White House and talking about attacking Iraq. Leave it to George Tenet to make Richard Perle sound sane.

George Tenet wants gullible book buyers to believe that he always disputed the notion that Saddam and the 9-11 attackers were working in concert. But the words and actions of George Tenet tell a radically different story. A damning one at that.

http://noquarter.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/05/a_bloody_lie_of.html#more

[Botany]

1. But he did get a medal for his work

[theoldman]

2. I am curious to know how well his book is selling.

It does not appear that he has any support from Republicans or Democrats. He appearance on MTP was lame.

[Annces]

3. Tenet is another one of those people who dance around the line

of what passes for truth and what is the truth. He knew darn well Iraq was not a threat, but he allowed himself to be used to push a story that could pass for truth if Bush and others said it.