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Monday, April 30, 2007 12:00 AM

George Tenet on the staircase with the neocons

In his book and on TV, former CIA Director George Tenet remembers all the things he should've said before we invaded Iraq but didn't.
By Juan Cole

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  • Monday, April 30, 2007 10:40 AM

    No Heroes Here

    Boy, this is really turning into the year of the Heroes. First the Retired Generals came out against the war, with their stories of how they knew the inpending war was wrong, but stood by and did nothing to stop it. Then Clarke writes a book about how he knew it was wrong too, but did nothing to stop it. And now here's Tenet saying the same thing? These men are being portrayed as heroic for finally speaking out? All evil requires is for good people to sit by and do nothing. They are all cowards.

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