TENET RESIGNS AS CIA DIRECTOR

All over the news today how George Tenet, a fellow SIPA alum, resigned from the CIA. My friend who knows Tenet said that he's a solid person and well-liked in Washington. The Dems have started to raise questions and make statements that accuse the Bush administration of using Tenet as a scapegoat for the various criticisms that they generated and pushed into the public spotlight. I don't believe this is the case because at the height of the 9/11 Congressional hearings President Bush could have bowed to the pressures and criticisms that the CIA and Tenet was receiving, but he stayed by his man and reflected the loyalty that is characteristic of his personality. Who really knows besides Tenet and his close associates the real reasons. Maybe information will surface that his resignation was connected to the recent accusations by Ahmad Chalabi that Tenet was responsible for the allegations that he leaked intelligence to Iran. Obviously not this action itself, but something deeper. Naw, I'm going down fantasy lane now.

Anyway, it's amusing how the Dems haven't coordinated their communications since some leaders are going down the scapegoat road, but Kerry himself is saying how he "called for Tenet's resignations months ago" with a I-told-you-so attitude. Makes me think about how Nader is doing his own thing and how segmented their political money is and how it's being spent. Today CNN reported that the Bush campaign has spent about $69 million on TV ads, about $43 million by the Kerry campaign, and almost $39 million by outside Democratic organizations such as Moveon.org, labor unions, and other non-profits. I hope they are coordinating all these activities tightly or bigger mistakes are bound to happen on the campaign trail.