George John Tenet (born January 5, 1953) is a former United States Director of Central Intelligence. He submitted his resignation to the President on June 3, 2004, citing "personal reasons". He served as CIA Director until July 11, 2004, when his deputy director, John McLaughlin (CIA) became acting Director. He was one of the longest serving Directors of the Agency. ==CIA== A recipient of the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom on December 14, 2004, Tenet served as the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from June 1995 until he became Director on July 11, 1997, after a unanimous confirmation vote in the United States Senate. This followed the withdrawal of Anthony Lake, whose nomination had been blocked by United States Republican Party in Congress. While the Director of Central Intelligence is typically replaced when a new administration comes to power, Tenet served through the end of the Bill Clinton administration and well into the term of George W. Bush. During the 1998 Wye River Middle East peace talks, Tenet threatened to resign if President Clinton pardoned convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard. Some speculate that his independence as DCI is what kept him in the position when the United States Republican Party Bush administration came to power. Long before the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States, Tenet focused on the growing threat of terrorism, particularly from Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorist group, and the nuclear weapons threats from North Korea and Iran. On September 15 2001, at Camp David, he presented the Worldwide Attack Matrix, an outline of an War on Terrorism campaign in 80 countries. However, the CIA was unable to prevent the attacks and this is seen as a major failure. Furthermore, despite Tenet's 2002-12-21 assertion that finding Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) in Iraq was "a slam dunk case", the search following the 2003 2003 Invasion of Iraq by US, United Kingdom and international forces has proved unproductive and no major stockpiles of WMD were found following the occupation of the country. The case of the invading governments for a legitimate war against Iraq had been based largely on the threat of WMDs in the hands of Saddam Hussein, supposedly on the strength of reliable intelligence assessments, including evidence that could not itself be made public. [[Image:Tenet.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Tenet (left, in pink tie) briefs George W. Bush in the Oval Office.]]Thus a failure subsequently to find any banned weapons or programs became a considerable embarrassment for Tenet and the CIA. The resignation of both Tenet and CIA Deputy Director James Pavitt in June 2004 is speculated by some to be directly related to this failure to find the WMDs that the United States used to justify invasion. For example, Admiral Stansfield Turner (retired), director of the CIA under President Jimmy Carter, said (''Boston Herald'', June 4, 2004): "I think the president feels he's in enough trouble that he's got to begin to cast some of the blame for the morass that we are in Iraq on to somebody else and this was one subtle way to do it." According to another report, by veteran investigative journalist Bob Woodward in his book Plan of Attack, Tenet privately lent his personal authority to the intelligence reports about WMDs in Iraq. At a meeting in December 2002 he is said to have assured the President that the evidence against Saddam amounted to a "slam dunk case". Tenet's seven-year long term as CIA director was the second-longest in US history; a resignation so soon before an election, especially one in which intelligence-handling is a major issue, is also unusual. However, President George W. Bush said, "George Tenet did a superb job for America. It was a high honor to work with him, and I'm sorry he left," and that Tenet resigned "for personal reasons" (''Reuters'', June 5 2004). ==Personal== Tenet, the son of Greek immigrants, was raised in Queens, attended public schools, and worked in his family's deli. Tenet holds a Bachelor's degree from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and a Master's degree from the School of International Affairs at Columbia University. He is married to A. Stephanie Glakas-Tenet. They have a son, John Michael. ==External links== *[http://www.cia.gov/cia/information/tenet.html CIA's info webpage for Director George Tenet] *[http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=George_John_Tenet Disinfopedia entry for George Tenet] *[http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/18/woodward.book/ CNN: Tenet told Bush WMD case a 'slam dunk'] 1953 births Directors of the Central Intelligence Agency Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
== Ethnic identity of Tenet's parents == OK we've seen a ping-pong battle going on over whether Tenet's parents were Greek or Albanian. Or Greek Albanians. Or what. Could we please have some DISCUSSION of this issue? That is what this page is for. There seems little point just changing it back and forth. Has anyone got any references to base their edits on? I'm not grinding any axes here, honestly, I don't know anything about his parents. I just want it to be right. Here are a couple of web references. I am not saying any of them is correct, to determine that would be the point of a discussion. One report - here from the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3774157.stm - calls them "Greek immigrants", but that could mean they were Greek by nationality. Another - http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/usa/george-tenet/ - only says they were Greek orthodox, which is a religious designation not an ethnic one. Please, please discuss this here, don't just scrap in an (anonymous) edit war. --User:FrankP 15:37, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC) :There is a large Greek minority in Albania, ranging between 1% and 12%; the CIA estimates that 105,000 Greeks live today in Albania, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation estimates 280,000. I have heard him myself saying he is Greek, on the TV. Also, the Albanians who are Orthodox are Albanian Orthodox, not Greek Orthodox. Please check these few hundred links: http://www.google.com/search?q=greek+immigrants+%22george+tenet == WMDs in Iraq == "With over 8900 known munitions caches in Iraq" If they're undiscovered, how can we know how many there are? This article is biased. :Read more carefully: "With over 8900 known munitions caches in Iraq, the possibility remains that WMDs may lie undiscovered." The caches are full of conventional weapons. Some of these munitions sites are ''huge''. User:Krupo 14:09, Jun 5, 2004 (UTC) "However, field reports have claimed the use of mustard gas and sarin against coalition forces since the end of major combat operations." :Are there any references for this? I don't recall having seen any such reports. More generally, perhaps this whole paragraph about WMDs in Iraq is either out of place in Tenet's bio page or needs improvement. I'm willing to have a go. --User:FrankP 09:52, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC) == Needs verification == Given that this article deals with political issues, it can easily be tainted with POV if we are not carefull. We really need to verify some of this stuff, especially the WMD comments. --User:Alister 02:52, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC) == Revised the WMD paragraphs == I have revised the WMD mentions, no response to my post (above) to justify the "mustard gas and sarin" claim so I took it out. This whole episode is important to get right, as it is critical to Tenet's resignation, of course, and also part of the larger question of the legality of the Iraq invasion. Any other references anyone can come up with? I'd welcome further discussion. I agree with Alister, we need references. --User:FrankP 19:36, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC) == Other edits == Could somebody cut down the size of this photo? Also, was Tenet born in Greece? User:RickKUser talk:RickK 05:33, Aug 19, 2004 (UTC)
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George John Tenet (born January 5, 1953) is a former United States Director of Central Intelligence. He submitted his resignation to the President on June 3, 2004, citing "personal reasons". He served as CIA Director until July 11, 2004, when his deputy director, John McLaughlin (CIA) became acting Director. He was one of the longest serving Directors of the Agency. ==CIA== A recipient of the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom on December 14, 2004, Tenet served as the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from June 1995 until he became Director on July 11, 1997, after a unanimous confirmation vote in the United States Senate. This followed the withdrawal of Anthony Lake, whose nomination had been blocked by United States Republican Party in Congress. While the Director of Central Intelligence is typically replaced when a new administration comes to power, Tenet served through the end of the Bill Clinton administration and well into the term of George W. Bush. During the 1998 Wye River Middle East peace talks, Tenet threatened to resign if President Clinton pardoned convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard. Some speculate that his independence as DCI is what kept him in the position when the United States Republican Party Bush administration came to power. Long before the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States, Tenet focused on the growing threat of terrorism, particularly from Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorist group, and the nuclear weapons threats from North Korea and Iran. On September 15 2001, at Camp David, he presented the Worldwide Attack Matrix, an outline of an War on Terrorism campaign in 80 countries. However, the CIA was unable to prevent the attacks and this is seen as a major failure. Furthermore, despite Tenet's 2002-12-21 assertion that finding Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) in Iraq was "a slam dunk case", the search following the 2003 2003 Invasion of Iraq by US, United Kingdom and international forces has proved unproductive and no major stockpiles of WMD were found following the occupation of the country. The case of the invading governments for a legitimate war against Iraq had been based largely on the threat of WMDs in the hands of Saddam Hussein, supposedly on the strength of reliable intelligence assessments, including evidence that could not itself be made public. [[Image:Tenet.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Tenet (left, in pink tie) briefs George W. Bush in the Oval Office.]]Thus a failure subsequently to find any banned weapons or programs became a considerable embarrassment for Tenet and the CIA. The resignation of both Tenet and CIA Deputy Director James Pavitt in June 2004 is speculated by some to be directly related to this failure to find the WMDs that the United States used to justify invasion. For example, Admiral Stansfield Turner (retired), director of the CIA under President Jimmy Carter, said (''Boston Herald'', June 4, 2004): "I think the president feels he's in enough trouble that he's got to begin to cast some of the blame for the morass that we are in Iraq on to somebody else and this was one subtle way to do it." According to another report, by veteran investigative journalist Bob Woodward in his book Plan of Attack, Tenet privately lent his personal authority to the intelligence reports about WMDs in Iraq. At a meeting in December 2002 he is said to have assured the President that the evidence against Saddam amounted to a "slam dunk case". Tenet's seven-year long term as CIA director was the second-longest in US history; a resignation so soon before an election, especially one in which intelligence-handling is a major issue, is also unusual. However, President George W. Bush said, "George Tenet did a superb job for America. It was a high honor to work with him, and I'm sorry he left," and that Tenet resigned "for personal reasons" (''Reuters'', June 5 2004). ==Personal== Tenet, the son of Greek immigrants, was raised in Queens, attended public schools, and worked in his family's deli. Tenet holds a Bachelor's degree from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and a Master's degree from the School of International Affairs at Columbia University. He is married to A. Stephanie Glakas-Tenet. They have a son, John Michael. ==External links== *[http://www.cia.gov/cia/information/tenet.html CIA's info webpage for Director George Tenet] *[http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=George_John_Tenet Disinfopedia entry for George Tenet] *[http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/18/woodward.book/ CNN: Tenet told Bush WMD case a 'slam dunk'] 1953 births Directors of the Central Intelligence Agency Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
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== Ethnic identity of Tenet's parents == OK we've seen a ping-pong battle going on over whether Tenet's parents were Greek or Albanian. Or Greek Albanians. Or what. Could we please have some DISCUSSION of this issue? That is what this page is for. There seems little point just changing it back and forth. Has anyone got any references to base their edits on? I'm not grinding any axes here, honestly, I don't know anything about his parents. I just want it to be right. Here are a couple of web references. I am not saying any of them is correct, to determine that would be the point of a discussion. One report - here from the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3774157.stm - calls them "Greek immigrants", but that could mean they were Greek by nationality. Another - http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/usa/george-tenet/ - only says they were Greek orthodox, which is a religious designation not an ethnic one. Please, please discuss this here, don't just scrap in an (anonymous) edit war. --User:FrankP 15:37, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC) :There is a large Greek minority in Albania, ranging between 1% and 12%; the CIA estimates that 105,000 Greeks live today in Albania, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation estimates 280,000. I have heard him myself saying he is Greek, on the TV. Also, the Albanians who are Orthodox are Albanian Orthodox, not Greek Orthodox. Please check these few hundred links: http://www.google.com/search?q=greek+immigrants+%22george+tenet == WMDs in Iraq == "With over 8900 known munitions caches in Iraq" If they're undiscovered, how can we know how many there are? This article is biased. :Read more carefully: "With over 8900 known munitions caches in Iraq, the possibility remains that WMDs may lie undiscovered." The caches are full of conventional weapons. Some of these munitions sites are ''huge''. User:Krupo 14:09, Jun 5, 2004 (UTC) "However, field reports have claimed the use of mustard gas and sarin against coalition forces since the end of major combat operations." :Are there any references for this? I don't recall having seen any such reports. More generally, perhaps this whole paragraph about WMDs in Iraq is either out of place in Tenet's bio page or needs improvement. I'm willing to have a go. --User:FrankP 09:52, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC) == Needs verification == Given that this article deals with political issues, it can easily be tainted with POV if we are not carefull. We really need to verify some of this stuff, especially the WMD comments. --User:Alister 02:52, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC) == Revised the WMD paragraphs == I have revised the WMD mentions, no response to my post (above) to justify the "mustard gas and sarin" claim so I took it out. This whole episode is important to get right, as it is critical to Tenet's resignation, of course, and also part of the larger question of the legality of the Iraq invasion. Any other references anyone can come up with? I'd welcome further discussion. I agree with Alister, we need references. --User:FrankP 19:36, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC) == Other edits == Could somebody cut down the size of this photo? Also, was Tenet born in Greece? User:RickKUser talk:RickK 05:33, Aug 19, 2004 (UTC)
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