One of the things that I’ve long criticized George Bush for was keeping so many losers on from the Clinton administration, Tenet being foremost, but Norm Mineta another. In the case of Tenet, it isn’t clear if this was part of “changing the tone in Washington,” or misplaced loyalty to a family friend. (Dan Goldin was yet another, but at least there he had the excuse that it’s hard to find a NASA administrator, not to mention the fact that he’d been appointed by his father.) Either way, it was a disaster.
Sunday night, Tenet gave the impression that any thought of Saddam and al Qaeda