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J. M. Berger: Did Tenet Resign to Avoid Chalabi Investigation?
From IntelWire.... Perhaps the most likely explanation [for CIA Director George Tenetâs resignation] has to do with Ahmad Chalabi, an Iraqi nationalist favored by the Pentagon who stands accused of revealing U.S. intel secrets to Iran. Just hours before Tenetâs surprise resignation, National Security Adviser Condi Rice announced that Tenet would personally head an investigation into Chalabi on the basis of unspecified national security concerns. The timing of the two announcements is highly suggestive. It appears likely that Rice had no inkling that Tenet would be resigning just hours later. There are any number of reasons why Tenet might not want to oversee such an investigation, which is likely to embarrass several high-ranking members of the administration. And embarrassment is only the least of the possible outcomes. .... "I can imagine Tenet is just livid to discover, if this is the case, that someone in or affiliated with the Pentagon had caused this disaster to happen. I can imagine him thinking this was the straw that broke the camelâs back, so to speak. But this is pure speculation on my part," Washington Post Associate Editor Robert G. Kaiser said in an Internet chat today. (external link) .... Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-06-04 |
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