Subject: Re: OT - CIA Director Tenet Resigns
>From: Guido
>Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 20:11:40 +0100
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>Gunner wrote:
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>> Nope..hence my comment on a hash of what its, suppositions and
likely
> or probably fabrications. It doesnt use particularly sound
reasoning.
> Seems like the data points were interpreted to fit the authors
agenda,
> rather then having a dispasionate view of them, then making up ones >> mind.
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>
>You might be correct here.
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> President George W. Bush’s increasingly erratic behavior
> and wide mood swings has the halls of the West Wing
> buzzing lately as aides privately express growing concern
> over their leader’s state of mind.
>
> In meetings with top aides and administration officials,
> the President goes from quoting the Bible in one breath
> to obscene tantrums against the media, Democrats and
> others that he classifies as “enemies of the state.” >
> Worried White House aides paint a portrait of a man on
> the edge, increasingly wary of those who disagree with
> him and paranoid of a public that no longer trusts his
> policies in Iraq or at home.
>
> “It reminds me of the Nixon days,” says a longtime GOP
> political consultant with contacts in the White House.
> “Everybody is an enemy; everybody is out to get him.
> That’s the mood over there.”
>
> ...
>
> The President's abrupt dismissal of CIA Directory George
> Tenet Wednesday night is, aides say, an example of how he
> works.
>
> "Tenet wanted to quit last year but the President got his
> back up and wouldn't hear of it," says an aide. "That
> would have been the opportune time to make a change, not
> in the middle of an election campaign but when the
> director challenged the President during the meeting
> Wednesday, the President cut him off by saying 'that's it
> George. I cannot abide disloyalty. I want your
> resignation and I want it now."
>
> Tenet was allowed to resign "voluntarily" and Bush
> informed his shocked staff of the decision Thursday
> morning. One aide says the President actually described
> the decision as "God's will."
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is rather interesting ..... Get all the gory details. Hang your heads in shame..