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05-02-04, 02:05 PM | #1 |
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George J. Tenet's "Ringers"
So Tenet’s last minute speech was notable for among other things the fact he picked an audience more than just sympathetic, he picked one from the place he knows will be among the most enthusiastic in the country; his alma mater, the spy school of Georgetown University in Washington DC. And to make sure they got the message there was more than just info riding on today’s presentation, these prospective intelligence employees were informed he’s hiring – big time!
It was one of those perfectly surreal Washington moments; watching a beleaguered director “brave enough” to take potentially embarrassing questions from an audience thoroughly compromised beforehand. He made quite sure they got the message, and what it will mean to their careers saying, “We have spent the last seven years rebuilding our clandestine service. As director of central intelligence, this has been my highest priority. “When I came to the CIA in the mid-'90s our graduating class of case officers was unbelievably low. Now,” he continued, “after years of rebuilding our training programs and putting our best efforts to recruit the most talented men and women, we are graduating more clandestine officers than at any time in the history of the Central Intelligence Agency.” Finally, in case a few students in the room were having trouble dealing with reality at such an early hour, he hammered it home by telling them he’s not through yet, not by a long shot. “It will take an additional five years to finish the job of rebuilding our clandestine service, but the results so far have been obvious.” Yes, the subtext was clear. As long as I’m around, I’ll be controlling hiring untill you're out of school! Long enough that even the greenest freshmen in today’s audience had better look both ways before crossing that particular street. (And oh yeah, I never said Iraq was an “imminent threat,” so don't hang that one on me.) Now then, who has the first question? Several nerfball queries from nervous students floated his way... This is not a guy with alot of confidence in his message if he needs that kind of protection. The waitresses at my diner would have had him for breakfast. - js. |
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Political figure doesn't answer hard questions ---- WORLD SHOCKED!!
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CIA Chief: Saddam Wasn't Imminent Threat
1 hour, 29 minutes ago Add White House - AP Cabinet & State to My Yahoo! By KATHERINE PFLEGER, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Intelligence analysts never told President Bush before the invasion of Iraq that Saddam Hussein 's rule posed an imminent threat, CIA Director George Tenet said Thursday in a heated defense of agency findings central to the decision to go to war. The urgency of the Iraqi threat was Bush's main argument for the war. But the president said Thursday he still would have invaded Iraq if he'd known no weapons stockpiles existed — adding a new element to the much-debated question of whether the United States went to war based on faulty assumptions. the rest ------------------------------------------------- This is starting to get interesting. |
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full transcript of george tenet's speech… http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/02/05...irq.tenet.wmd/ excerpts: Quote:
full transcript of president bush’s speech…. http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/...t.8/index.html excerpts: Quote:
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07-02-04, 05:57 PM | #6 |
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durr, i posted part of a story, not his speech, and i gave the link to the rest. pay attn.
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how can you base your opinions and conclusions on bits and pieces of what a reporter chooses to print or say, instead of what was actually said..in it's entirety? |
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07-02-04, 07:55 PM | #8 |
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hahhaha, did i claim it represented all that was in his speech? hahahah. no, its the first part of an article i found interesting, nothing more. lol
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umm your point about how the article by KATHERINE PFLEGER dident contain the total of his speech? ya i get your point, but i find it completely baseless as again, it was an article. hahaha geeze.
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the whole point still continues to elude you. |
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Iran hosting global terrorist conference
Event includes Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, al-Qaida allies © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com Just as the U.S. State Department approves wider contact with Iran and as members of Congress begin planning the first official trips in 25 years, Tehran is sponsoring a 10-day conference of major terrorist organization beginning next week. The purpose of the conference is to discuss anti-U.S. strategy. Among the groups headed to Iran to participate are: Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad and al-Qaida allies Ansar Al Islam. The conference, dubbed "Ten Days of Dawn," is designed to mark the 25th anniversary of the return to Iran from exile of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who led the revolution that ousted the shah of Iran in 1979. Officials said the conference, ordered by Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei, marks Iran's investment in sponsoring Islamic insurgency groups in the Middle East, Asia and South America. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/ar...TICLE_ID=37000 greedy...did you get your invitation yet? |
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