2007-05-06 16:11:05 · 11 answers · asked by marcusm15 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Tennet kept silent when the nation needed him to stand up and protect it. He instead went along with the Bush people, now he is trying to justify himself.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
I wouldn't buy his book for a penny at a used bookstore.
2007-05-06 16:48:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Doesn't anyone else find it funny that the ones calling it lies are the ones that Tenet accuses of doing wrong or failing to do their jobs?
I am interested in reading it so I can formulate my own opinion. I think that is what more people need to do, instead of judging the content on what their party says it is.
And aren't all lies based in some twisted form of the truth?? I think the ones that are screaming about the book being full of lies are more fearful than anything. But until I read it, all I can do is speculate.
2007-05-06 16:40:32 · answer #2 · answered by volleyballchick (cowards block) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Given the recent history of what happens to CIA Directors that cross either their boss or the powers that be (in Congress) (look at what happened to Clinton's...), and seeing what's happened with the intel that lead us to go to war in Iraq -- on his watch, I suspect that it was purely a political CYA maneuver. I mean, let's face it, the intel provided came from a single source, could not be immediately varified -- even the CIA was not allowed access to the guy. It was on his watch... "Truth or lies?" You don't know much about government. Do you. First, never, ever admit to anything. Second, never offer up any information. Give only what's asked, nothing more and always downplay... And about the publication of his book, it had to be approved by CIA and then gone over with a fine toothed comb by lawyers for the government, the publisher and himself.
2007-05-06 16:29:46 · answer #3 · answered by Doc 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From exerpts and interviews it appears to be a deeply flawed book. Sounds to me like Tenet could have prevented 9/11 and the Iraq invasion if he'd had a set of balls.
When ex-CIA, libs and cons are all blasting the book, you know something is wrong with it.
2007-05-06 16:26:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Propaganda(lies) Bush should have fired that Tenet- Clinton selection when he took office, thats what you get when you reach out to the other party. He tried to work with him to show bipartism.
2007-05-08 20:43:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although I haven't read his book, I did hear him talking to reporters and I still feel he has no credibilty along with Colin Powell. The 2 of them sat there in the UN and swore there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. I wouldn't believe anything he says or writes. He is what I call a gifted liar.
2007-05-06 16:24:28 · answer #6 · answered by Waalee 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
George Tenet is a whiner who is worried about the liberals not liking him.
2007-05-06 16:15:01 · answer #7 · answered by BRICK 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I haven't had a chance to do more than skim it, but I think he took a huge risk in coming forward so there must be some truth in there somewhere. Doesn't make sense to risk his family's safety for a book full of lies.
2007-05-06 16:15:59 · answer #8 · answered by wyllow 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Selective truth.
2007-05-06 16:15:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
He came off looking very weak, contradictory, and whiney under even the lightest questioning by sympathetic journalists. His book will bomb and the publisher will have to eat the advance.
2007-05-06 16:18:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋