- Tenet Now, Rummy and Wolfie Soon (June 8, 2004)
...The resignation of CIA Director George Tenet comes on the eve of a Senate committee’s release of a very critical report... - Beating Around the Bush (July 16, 2003)
...Pity poor George Tenet. The director of the central intelligence agency, source of much of the sc... - Plans Already Made to Topple Hussein (February 15, 2002)
...th high ranking American officials at the White House and the CIA director George Tenet with the aim of briefing him with the details of the American project to t... - Marines to face guerrilla war as Taleban fighters change tactics (March 21, 2002)
... Underlining the new threat posed by new al-Qaeda and Taleban tactics, George Tenet, director of the CIA, also warned the Armed Services Committee: ìYouíre en... - Dissent on Assigning Blame from Sept. 11 Panel (December 11, 2002)
...gence, George J. Tenet, and singled Mr. Tenet out for criticism today. "George Tenet has been director of the C.I.A., and there have been more failures on his... - House Committee Concludes Iraq War Data Was Weak (September 28, 2003)
...xist," the two committee members said in a letter Thursday to CIA Director George J. Tenet. The Washington Post obtained a copy this weekend. The letter cons... - U.S. High-Tech Spy Agency Has Low Profile (February 22, 2004)
... sponsors computer research, however, ARDA has a Web site. CIA Director George Tenet founded the office in 1998, when some experts were questioning the capabil... - War Crimes Claim Filed Against Rumsfeld In Germany Over Abu Ghraib (December 3, 2004)
...tional borders. The claim filed by the CCR also lists former CIA Director George Tenet, the former commander in Iraq, Ricardo Sanchez, and seven other military l... - White House Blamed for Failed Sept. 11 Inquiry (October 11, 2002)
...ntelligence agencies. On Thursday, the committees met with CIA Director George Tenet and FBI Director Robert Mueller, discussing the case of an FBI informant w... - The Lies Leaders Tell (March 30, 2002)
...s there no one to challenge this stuff? Just over a week ago, CIA director George Tenet announced that Iraq had links with al-Qa'ida. "Contacts and linkages", hav... - Bush War Powers Approved By House (October 10, 2002)
...o. They point to a recently declassified letter from the CIA director, George Tenet, to a Congressional committee in which he appeared to cast doubt on the im... - DoJ Investigates White House Over Outing of CIA Operative (September 28, 2003)
...At CIA Director George J. Tenet's request, the Justice Department is looking into an allegation that admin... - CIA Memos Show Senior Officials Knew Falseness of Africa Claim (July 22, 2003)
...en challenged. Hadley, who also received a phone call from CIA Director George J. Tenet before the president's Oct. 7 speech asking that the Africa allegation be... - Rumsfeld Moves to Strengthen His Grip on Military Intelligence (August 2, 2002)
...n the transition team, Mr. Haver had urged that the administration replace George J. Tenet as C.I.A. director. Mr. Haver insisted in an interview that he was never a... - Pakistanis Arrest Qaeda Agent Seen as Planner of Sept. 11 (March 2, 2003)
... that a man suspected of being Mr. Mohammed had been captured in Pakistan, George J. Tenet, the director of central intelligence, telephoned Condoleezza Rice, the na...
George Tenet
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
George John Tenet (b. January 5, 1953) is the director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Tenet served as the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from June 1995 until he became Director on July 11, 1997 after a unanimous confirmation vote in the United States Senate. While the Director of Central Intelligence is typically replaced when a new administration comes to power, Tenet has served through the end of the Clinton administration and well into the term of George W. Bush.
Long before the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States, Tenet has focused on the growing threat of terrorism, particularly from Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorist group, and the nuclear threats from North Korea and Iran. September 15, 2001, at Camp David, he presents the Worldwide Attack Matrix, an outline of an anti-terror campaign in 80 countries.
During the 1998 Wye River Middle East peace talks, Tenet threatened to resign if President Clinton pardoned convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard. Some speculate that his independence as DCI is what kept him in the position when the Republican Bush administration came to power.
Tenet, the son of working-class Greek immigrants, was raised in Queens, attended public schools, and worked in his family's deli. Tenet holds a Bachelor's degree from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and an Master's degree from the School of International Affairs at Columbia University.
He is married to A. Stephanie Glakas-Tenet. They have one son, John Michael.
