One question on the torture mess

[ThomWV]

How is it that George Tenet's name remains strangely missing from any conversation about what it was the CIA was or was not doing?

[babylonsister]

1. From today: "Mr. Tenet Declined To Be Interviewed"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=5511396

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. ...Getting MOF Buffed..."

[lunatica]

2. Mr. Slam dunk might be stripped of his Medal of Freedom

I can see him grasping it tightly and looking over his shoulder in paranoia

[tekisui]

4. The Senate Report showed his involvement.

My guess is he is in hiding, letting the dick run the defensive plays.

[stillcool]

5. He's only mentioned briefly..

but I think this report has more to do with the Armed Services than the CIA?

(U) Abu Zubaydah was captured by Pakistani and CIA forces on March 28, 2002.
According to former CIA Director George Tenet, once Zubaydah was in custody, the CIA "got
into holding and interrogating high-value detainees" (HVDs) "in a serious way."uo ThenNational
Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice said that "in the spring of2002, CIA sought policy
approval from the National Security Council to begin an interrogation program for high-level alQaida
terrorists."lll Then-NSC Legal Advisor John Bellinger said that he asked CIA to have the
proposed program reviewed by the Department of Justice and that he asked CIA to seek advice
not only ~om DoJ's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) but also from the Criminal Division. 112 Ms.
Rice said that she asked Director ofCentral Intelligence George Tenet to briefNSC Principals on
the proposed CIA program and asked Attorney General Ashcroft "personally to review the legality ofthe proposed program. ll3 She said that all ofthe meetings she attended on the CIA's
interrogation program took place at the White House and that she understood thatDoJ's legal
advice "was being coordinated by Counsel to the President Alberto Gonzales.,,114