From Raw Story:
The White House has rejected assertions made by former head of the CIA George Tenet, whose forthcoming book heavily criticizes members of the Bush administration.
"A senior White House counselor on Friday dismissed former CIA Director's George Tenet portrait of a Bush administration that rushed to war in Iraq without serious debate," reports the Associated Press.
The counselor, Dan Bartlett, said per the AP, "The president did wrestle with those very serious questions."
Bartlett, the AP article continues, referred to Tenet as a "true patriot" but he "suggested he might have been unaware of the breadth of the prewar debate that led Bush to dismiss other options, such as diplomatic means," for dealing with Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein.
"This president weighed all the various proposals, weighed all the various consequences before he did make a decision," said Bartlett.
Tenet earlier lashed out at the Bush administration in an interview broadcast on CBS' 60 Minutes, accusing it of distorting his pre-Iraq War claim that the existence of weapons of mass destruction was a "slam dunk."
Next thing you know they will deny that Tenet was even CIA chief when bush jr occupied the White House. They'll say that anyone who says he was CIA chief is a damn dirty Al Qaeda lover who should be in Gitmo.
The White House has rejected assertions made by former head of the CIA George Tenet, whose forthcoming book heavily criticizes members of the Bush administration.
"A senior White House counselor on Friday dismissed former CIA Director's George Tenet portrait of a Bush administration that rushed to war in Iraq without serious debate," reports the Associated Press.
The counselor, Dan Bartlett, said per the AP, "The president did wrestle with those very serious questions."
Bartlett, the AP article continues, referred to Tenet as a "true patriot" but he "suggested he might have been unaware of the breadth of the prewar debate that led Bush to dismiss other options, such as diplomatic means," for dealing with Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein.
"This president weighed all the various proposals, weighed all the various consequences before he did make a decision," said Bartlett.
Tenet earlier lashed out at the Bush administration in an interview broadcast on CBS' 60 Minutes, accusing it of distorting his pre-Iraq War claim that the existence of weapons of mass destruction was a "slam dunk."
Next thing you know they will deny that Tenet was even CIA chief when bush jr occupied the White House. They'll say that anyone who says he was CIA chief is a damn dirty Al Qaeda lover who should be in Gitmo.
It's sad, so fucking sad what those bastards have done to our country.
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