Letters to the Editor
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George Tenet and Richard Clarke
Today I picked up Tenet's book, "At the Center of the Storm". Going to the index, I looked for any reference to Richard Clarke because the two men had dealt so differently with George Bush. Clarke, intelligence advisor to Bush on 9/11, was not in the index.
Recall that when Bush asked Clarke if Saddam had anything to do with 9/11, Clarke was emphatic. "No, Mr. President, we were attacked by al Qaeda!"
Clarke never got to hang around very long in the Bush Administration. Speaking truth to power can get you fired in this group of characters.
Viewing the "60 Minutes" interview of George Tenet I got the distinct impression that Tenet was a regretful man who had toadied up to a lesser man, George Bush. Now even Tenet understood that his Presidential Freedom Medal had bought his silence for a few years. It is interesting that he is of Greek ancestry. They of all people understand this form of tragedy that a man bought is a man disgraced.