George Tenet
George Tenet
George John Tenetwas the Director of Central Intelligencefor the United States Central Intelligence Agency, and he is Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth5 January 1953
CountryUnited States of America
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We didn't steal the secret that told us what the plot was, we didn't recruit the right people or technically collect the data, notwithstanding enormous effort to do so,
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Three thousand people died, ... No matter how hard we worked or how desperately we tried, it was not enough. The victims and the families of 9/11 deserve better.
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When people use the word 'failure,' failure means no focus, no attention, no discipline, and those were not present in what we or the FBI did here or around the world,
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I am convinced the next major attack against the United States may well be conducted by people with Asian or African faces, not the ones that many Americans are alert to.
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The only people that ever stand up and tell the truth are who? Intelligence officers. Because our culture is, never break faith with the truth. We'll tell you, you don't have to drag it out of us.
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The background ... makes it even more troubling that the 16 words eventually made it into the State of the Union speech, ... This was a mistake.
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I'm in the middle of a big debate,
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In 1999, the Germans gave us a name -- 'Marwan,' that's it -- and a phone number, ... And we didn't sit on our hands, and I'm not going to go through the rest of it in open session. They didn't give us a first and a last name until after 9/11.
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and those debates were spelled out in the estimate.
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another five years to have the kind of clandestine service our country needs.
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at that time that was what we thought.
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Cord defined the concept, doctrine and implementation of covert action on behalf of the security and interests of our nation,
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This did not rise to the level of certainty which should be required for presidential speeches, and CIA should have ensured that it was removed,
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Admiral Jeremiah is the perfect person to lead such a review, ... His credentials are impeccable and his credibility is unquestioned.