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George Tenet cashes in on Iraq

The former CIA chief is earning big money from corporations profiting off the war -- a fact not mentioned in his combative new book or heard on his publicity blitz.

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  • Sunday, May 6, 2007 07:24 PM

    i've said it before

    I am amazed at the difference between the money given to George H.W. Bush (mere millions), Cheney, Rumsfeld, 'W', Tenet, and our esteemed congressmen and senators...

    ...and the billions that the military industrialists and oil companies make. The flunkies get chump change, while the rich get richer.

    You pay peanuts, you get monkeys...

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