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George
John Tenet
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(b.
Jan. 5, 1953)--Director
of the CIA from 1997 to 2004. George
J. Tenet is a former Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA), which is perhaps the
best known of America's various spy agencies. His
tenure as the Director spanned two presidencies. He
was appointed by President Bill Clinton, and served
under President George W. Bush through the 9/11
terrorist attacks and the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He
left the CIA on July 11, 2004, as controversy over
the war in Iraq grew to include serious questions
about the role that Tenet and the CIA played in
shaping the intelligence information regarding
Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction and the
run up to the invasion. George J. Tenet was sworn in as
the Director of Central Intelligence on July 11,
1997, after serving as the Deputy Director of
Central Intelligence. Tenet became the Acting
Director following after John Mark Deutch left the
agency in December, 1996. His tenure as the Director of
the CIA heavily involved him in the War on Terror,
even prior to 9/11. Al-Qaida started to become a
danger to the U.S. in the mid-1990s, and, after the
Embassy bombings in 1998, became a major threat,
prompting the U.S. to retaliate by bombing
terrorist bases in Afghanistan. Tenet has been
criticized for not doing more to stop al-Qaida
prior to 9/11. After the September 11 attacks,
the CIA took a leading role in ousting the Taliban
and al-Qaida from power in Afghanistan and also
played a significant role in planning and
justifying the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Tenet's
book on his time at the CIA and the controversies
surrounding the wars fought by the CIA and America
in his time in office stirred controversy when the
New York Times acquired an advance copy of the book
(At
the Center of the Storm: My Years at the
CIA Tenet is of Greek descent, with
his mother originating in a Greek-speaking region
of southern Albania, and his father from
Greece. "The History Guy" is a Registered Trademark. |
Lee,
R. "World Biography.net: George John Tenet
" http://www.worldbiography.net/tenet_george.html
Family
& Personal Background Stephanie
Glakas-Tenet
--Wife Children Religion:
Education: 1978:
School
of International Affairs at
Columbia University Career/Occupation: 1980-1993:
Staff member of the U.S.
Senate --1985-1988:
Staff member of the Senate
Select Committee on
Intelligence
(SSCI) --1988-1993:
Staff Director of the
SSCI 1993:
Member
of President-Elect Bill
Clinton's National Security
Transition team. 1993-1995:
Senior Director for
Intelligence Programs at the
National Security Council
(NSC) 1995-1997:
Deputy Director of Central
Intelligence. 1997-2004:
Director of Central
Intelligence. Military
Service: Publications: Links
and Resources on George
Tenet "CIA
Warned of 'Anarchy' in Iraq
--ABC
News - April 28, 2007 "Slam
Dunk" Comment Misused--
CBS
News - April 28, 2007 Former
CIA Deputy Discusses Tenet's New
Book
NPR
- April 28, 2007 George
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