Tenet served through the end of the Clinton administration and well into the term of George W. Bush.
Tenet privately lent his personal authority to the intelligence reports about Weapons of Mass Destruction WMDs in Iraq. At a meeting on December 12, 2002 he is said to have assured the President that the evidence against Saddam amounted to a "slam dunk case,"
So if the same CIA director whom gave Clinton intel gave the same intel to the Bush Adminstration which lead to their statements and actions of war, what now makes them liars but not the Clinton Admin.
I don’t think either admin Lied, I do think the Intel was not complet at best, wrong at worst.
Now the liberal bias media (CNN, CBS,NBC,ABC,MSNBC,AP,BBC et.al.) Gasp at how low Bush’s trustworthly numbers have fallen. No friging kinding his numbers are down you buttnuts have been calling him a liar for four years. With no prospective to what was prevoiuse said.
So lets see, George Tenet was Clinton’s CIA director, the CIA gathered threat assisments which promted The Clinton Adminastration to make the following statements and take the following action.
http://www.davidstuff.com/political/wmdquotes.htmhttp://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/12/16/transcripts/clinton.htmlTranscript:
President Clinton explains Iraq strike Earlier today, I ordered America's armed forces to strike military and security targets in Iraq. British forces join them. Their mission is to attack Iraq's nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs and its military capacity to threaten its neighbors.
He has used them. Not once, but repeatedly. Unleashing chemical weapons against Iranian troops during a decade-long war. Not only against soldiers, but against civilians, firing Scud missiles at the citizens of Israel, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Iran. And not only against a foreign enemy, but even against his own people, gassing Kurdish civilians in Northern Iraq. The international community had little doubt then, and I have no doubt today, that left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will use these terrible weapons again.
"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983."
- Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998
"Iraq is a long way from [here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face."
--Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998
"In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program.
He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members ... It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons."
- Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002
