http://www.observer.com/term/george-tenet en http://www.observer.com/2007/tenet-anyone <img src="/files/article/grossman_web.jpg" />Click here to see a full-sized version of the... http://www.observer.com/2007/tenet-anyone#comments Politics George Tenet George W. Bush Wed, 02 May 2007 02:40:08 -0400 http://www.observer.com/2007/tenet-anyone http://www.observer.com/2007/george-tenet-and-evils-banality <img src="/files/article/Stanage-GeorgeTenet.jpg" />“Truth matters to us,” former C.I.A. director George Tenet insisted to Scott Pelley on Sunday’s <em>60 Minutes</em>. <p class="text">It doesn’t seem to have mattered enough to Mr. Tenet, however, for him to fact-check the first page of his newly published book.</p> <p class="text">Mr. Tenet’s memoir, <em>At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA</em>, opens on a significant date: Sept. 12, 2001. Walking to the West Wing, Mr. Tenet...</p> http://www.observer.com/2007/george-tenet-and-evils-banality#comments Politics George Tenet Tue, 01 May 2007 18:21:28 -0400 http://www.observer.com/2007/george-tenet-and-evils-banality http://www.observer.com/2007/tenet-shares-shame <img src="/files/article/Conason-GeorgeTenet.jpg" />While the natural human fascination with gossip and backbiting among our rulers guarantees media coverage and best-seller status for George Tenet’s new memoir, the former C.I.A. director cannot achieve absolution in print or on television. His clumsy attempts to shift the blame to Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former Pentagon advisor Richard Perle and their rebuttals are titillating but ultimately pointless. He is right about them, of course, but... http://www.observer.com/2007/tenet-shares-shame#comments Politics George Tenet George W. Bush Tue, 01 May 2007 18:11:28 -0400 http://www.observer.com/2007/tenet-shares-shame http://www.observer.com/node/29075 John Kerry sounded like a candidate this morning when he spoke to the National Action Network annual convention breakfast via phone (he had been scheduled to speak in person, but like New York's Senators, was stuck in DC due to the debate on the immigration reform). On Katrina: Hurricane Katrina showed us with Mr. Brown, you know Mr. Brown--Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job, Brown. Well let me tell you, Mr.... http://www.observer.com/node/29075#comments Politics Donald Rumsfeld George Tenet John Kerry Politics Daily Tom DeLay Fri, 07 Apr 2006 11:02:58 -0400 http://www.observer.com/node/29075 http://www.observer.com/node/51752 <p>James Risen’s book hits the shelves in the wake of his bombshell New York Times story about the Bush administration’s secret and probably illegal surveillance operations. But State of War is much more than an elaboration of that scoop: It’s a cornucopia of scoops about all sorts of intelligence deceptions, mishaps and scandals-in-waiting, each more hair-raising than the one before, almost none of which have appeared in The Times or anyplace else.</p> Maybe the... http://www.observer.com/node/51752#comments Style Book Review Donald Rumsfeld George Tenet James Risen Sun, 22 Jan 2006 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.observer.com/node/51752 http://www.observer.com/node/38250 <img src="/files/article/012306_article_book_kaplan.jpg" />James Risen’s book hits the shelves in the wake of his bombshell <em>New York Times</em> story about the Bush administration’s secret and probably illegal surveillance operations. But <em>State of War</em> is much more than an elaboration of that scoop: It’s a cornucopia of scoops about all sorts of intelligence deceptions, mishaps and scandals-in-waiting, each more hair-raising than the one before, almost none of which have appeared in <em>The</em> <em>Times</em> or anyplace else. Maybe the... http://www.observer.com/node/38250#comments Style Book Review Donald Rumsfeld George Tenet Iraq Sun, 22 Jan 2006 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.observer.com/node/38250 http://www.observer.com/node/51484 <p>To the Editor:</p> I wonder what bitter pills Choire Sicha has had to swallow in his own personal life that would give rise to such acidic, below-the-belt, mean-spirited, hypercritical comments and have them flow from his pen [“Wales Beached Here,” Nov. 7]. If the royals visiting the United States are irrelevant, then his article about Camilla’s clothes is even more so. Perhaps if he would put a dollop of honey in... http://www.observer.com/node/51484#comments Choire Sicha George Tenet Lee Bollinger Letters to the Editor Manhattan Sun, 13 Nov 2005 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.observer.com/node/51484 http://www.observer.com/node/37910 To the Editor: I wonder what bitter pills Choire Sicha has had to swallow in his own personal life that would give rise to such acidic, below-the-belt, mean-spirited, hypercritical comments and have them flow from his pen [“Wales Beached Here,” Nov. 7]. If the royals visiting the United States are irrelevant, then his article about Camilla’s clothes is even more so. Perhaps if he would put a dollop of honey in his tea in... http://www.observer.com/node/37910#comments George Tenet Lee Bollinger Letters to the Editor Simon Doonan Sun, 13 Nov 2005 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.observer.com/node/37910 http://www.observer.com/node/51438 <p>On Friday, Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald will dismiss his grand jury. Already, speculation about likely indictable White House figures goes as high as Vice President Dick Cheney. But regardless of which particular administration heads teeter and roll this week, the real legacy of Mr. Fitzgerald’s investigation concerns how and why intelligence work has been flattened by the White House into a blunt instrument of political retribution, and how then-C.I.A. director George Tenet and that...</p> http://www.observer.com/node/51438#comments Politics George Tenet Lawrence Wilkerson The White House Valerie Plame Wilson Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.observer.com/node/51438 http://www.observer.com/node/37838 <img src="/files/article/103105_article_lehmann.jpg" />On Friday, Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald will dismiss his grand jury. Already, speculation about likely indictable White House figures goes as high as Vice President Dick Cheney. But regardless of which particular administration heads teeter and roll this week, the real legacy of Mr. Fitzgerald’s investigation concerns how and why intelligence work has been flattened by the White House into a blunt instrument of political retribution, and how then-C.I.A. director George Tenet and that... http://www.observer.com/node/37838#comments Politics George Tenet Lawrence Wilkerson The White House Valerie Plame Wilson Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.observer.com/node/37838 http://www.observer.com/node/50727 <p>Responding to the most serious questions we confront as a nation, the Bush administration can routinely be expected to hide, obfuscate and deceive. If credible information indicates that high-ranking government and military officials permitted and even encouraged the horrific abuse of foreign detainees, the administration assures us that a few bad soldiers can be blamed. If honest statistics indicate that the "war on terror" is achieving less than advertised, the administration buries the report...</p> http://www.observer.com/node/50727#comments Media Donald Rumsfeld George Tenet Iraq U.S. Department of State Sun, 01 May 2005 20:00:00 -0400 http://www.observer.com/node/50727 http://www.observer.com/node/49911 <p>There is much to say about John Kerry, and I hope to say some of it in my last pre-election column. But the focus of a wartime election is necessarily on the incumbent. He is the commander in chief. The big plans are his. His appointees, the military and the enemy all play their parts, but he is the only one we get to vote for or against. John Kerry cannot win this election;...</p> http://www.observer.com/node/49911#comments George Tenet John Kerry Saddam Hussein The National Observer Sun, 17 Oct 2004 20:00:00 -0400 http://www.observer.com/node/49911 http://www.observer.com/node/46912 <p>The Democrats have found a new issue besides the racism of Trent Lott. As The New York Times explained last week, the Presidential hopefuls-Senator John Kerry, Senator John Edwards, Senator Joseph Lieberman and Governor Howard Dean-warn that the Bush administration hasn't done enough to secure us against terrorism. Here is a perfect political position to be in: supporting your enemy, the incumbent, in the task before him-fighting the worldwide friends of Al Qaeda-but preparing...</p> http://www.observer.com/node/46912#comments George Tenet Norman Mineta North Korea The National Observer Sun, 05 Jan 2003 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.observer.com/node/46912 http://www.observer.com/node/46085 <p>"Is warlike Spain hatching a plot?"</p> You ask me anxiously. "And what Of Scythia?" My dear Quinctius, There's a whole ocean guarding us. So Horace mocked the political concerns of newly imperial Rome. Let the army and the barbarians scrap, far, far away. Meanwhile, let's have some more wine, and where is that pretty girl? In Memoriam: New York City, 9/11/01, HBO's special on Sept. 11, tells us there is no guarding oceans, and that the bond... http://www.observer.com/node/46085#comments Brooklyn Bridge George Tenet Home Box Office Inc. The National Observer Sun, 02 Jun 2002 20:00:00 -0400 http://www.observer.com/node/46085