Thursday, October 21, 2004
Tenet calls Iraq war wrong
href="http://www.heraldpalladium.com/articles/2004/10/21/news/
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href="http://www.heraldpalladium.com/articles/2004/10/21/news/
news1.txt">The 1000+ dead troops in Iraq could have used your help.
Although he emphasized that the Central Intelligence Agency boasts
"tremendously talented men and women," former CIA Director George Tenet
said it "did not live up to our expectations as professionals"
regarding the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the search for
nonexistent weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
"We had inconsistent information, and we did not inform others in the
community of gaps in our intelligence," Tenet said. "The extraordinary
men and women who do magnificent work in the CIA are held accountable
every day for what they do, and as part of keeping our faith with the
American people, we will tell you when we're right or wrong."
Tenet called the war
on Iraq "wrong" in a speech Wednesday night to 2,000 members of The
Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan at Lake Michigan College's
Mendel Center. He did not elaborate.
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