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Entry: George Tenet: Revenge of the Nerd Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/george_tenet_revenge_of_the_nerd#1194 Post contents: I don't think Tenet's role can be understood only within the AIPAC framework. There is reason to believe that Tenet was mainly 'working' with the Saudi lobby, in particular Bandar: " George Tenet, appointed as CIA director in 1997, develops close personal relationships with top Saudi officials, especially Prince Bandar, the Saudi ambassador to the US. Tenet develops a habit of meeting with Bandar at his home near Washington about once a month. But CIA officers handling Saudi issues complain that Tenet doesn’t tell them what he discusses with Bandar. Often they are only able to learn about Tenet’s deals with the Saudis later and through Saudi contacts, not from their own boss. Tenet also makes one of his closest aides the chief of the CIA station in Saudi Arabia. This aide often communicates directly with Tenet, avoiding the usual chain of command. Apparently as a favor to the Saudis, CIA analysts are discouraged from writing reports raising questions about the Saudi relationship to Islamic extremists. [Risen, 2006, pp. 185]" In "The Prince", her essay on Bandar published in the New Yorker, Elsa Walsh also mentions what appears to be a close relationship between Tenet and Bandar. Now when one considers the close relationship that BANDAR had with AIPAC, it all comes together. I would predict that when Bandar succeeds in becoming king of the Saudis that George Tenet will receive his fair share of gratitude from the new king. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/832361.html Sent at: 2008 05 16