Susan Katz Keating has a brief, but solid critique of Tenet's managment of the CIA during the Clinton administration. Human intelligence (Humint) was ignored (or at the very least not developed) and as a result America moved into the 21st century heavily dependent on satellites and other technical means for US intelligence information.
We had insufficient intelligence. True, we had electronic surveillance; but we lacked the all-important human intelligence-gathering — the Humint — networks. How did Tenet know this? Because the former spy chief-turned-author — who held powerful intelligence posts for 21 years — helped oversee the gutting of programs that would have put spies on the ground in Iraq.
I think the verdict on the CIA, Tenet, and the Clinton White House has yet to be written on this issue. But I believe additional facts will begin to trickle out in the next few years.
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Read a book called THE TERROR TIMELINE by Paul Thompson(from HarperCollins.) There were direct human warnings going in from Putin, Mubarak, Abdullah, and many more. Putin made a real point of having warned the Administration before and after the fact. THE TIMELINE uses mainstream media, so prepare to be astounded.
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