Reply #42: Tenet's Testimony.....recall....

[LeftHander]

That the SOTU speech Bush made was finalized after Tenet had reviewed portions of it. he said something aong the lines the CIA director is not responsible for what the WH deciedes to put in a presidential speech. He went to state that if he had SEEN the final draft finished some hours shortly before he would have questioned the uranium claim....

That whole report looks like a big smokescreen cover your ass type manuver.

People fail to mention that much of the info that Cheney, Powell and Bush used to support the Iraq war came from Chalabi and the Pentagon neocon goons at the request of Rummy and Wolfie...

Go back and review articles of the OSP and Tenet's testimony before the Intelligence commitees...

This whole report smacks of a Rovian smear. Shifting blame directly from one place to another. SOmething the Neocons are very good at with the help of the weak whore media.

I belive this report will quickly be downplayed after the facts of the Pentagon and Whitehosue envolvment. If just doesn't corroborate the facts as they have been disclosed.

Cheney went to the Pentagon and CIA to influence intelligence analysis.

Rummy set up a special office to handle Chalabi's intel and glean through CIA material with a Neocon eye witht he sole purpose to trump up support for the invasion.

The CIA provided intel telling both sides fo the WMD story. Presenting the rumors as well as the facts. The WH choose to ignore the facts about the rumors.