CIA director George Tenet has resigned and another top CIA official is expected to announce his resignation today marking a major overhaul for the agency that Tenet has headed for seven years. The CIA claims the departure of Tenet and James Pavitt, the deputy director for operations who oversaw the agency’s spies, are unconnected but they come at a time that the agency is under intense criticism. As early as next month the 9/11 commission will release its findings of what went wrong prior to the Sept. 11 attacks. Meanwhile the Senate Intelligence Committee is preparing to release a 400-page report on how the country’s intelligence about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction was so inaccurate. Sen. Carl Levin told USA Today “It’s a very hard-hitting report. It’s highly critical of the CIA.” The agency was given a classified version of the report last month and was asked for its comment. Some say Tenet may have been forced out. Sen. Bob Graham, told the New York Times, “I suspect there was some push out of the office.” We’ll have more on Tenet’s resignation in a few minutes.
Tenet Resigns From CIA; Spy Chief Resigns Too
HeadlineJun 04, 2004