We could never verify that there was any Iraqi authority, direction and control, complicity with al Qaeda for 9/11 or any operational act against America. Period. George Tenet More Quotes by George Tenet More Quotes From George Tenet One mushroom cloud would change history. My deepest fear is that this is exactly what they [Al Qaeda] intend. George Tenet als mushrooms clouds It's a slam-dunk case! George Tenet slam iraq stupid You know, at the end of the day, the only thing you have is trust and honor in this world. That's all you have. All you have is your reputation built on trust and your personal honor. When you don't have that any more, well you know, there you go. Trust was broken. George Tenet the-end-of-the-day broken honor The only people that ever stand up and tell the truth are who? Intelligence officers. Because our culture is, never break faith with the truth. We'll tell you, you don't have to drag it out of us. George Tenet telling-the-truth culture people Foreign nations have begun to include information warfare in their war college curricula with respect to both defensive and offensive applications. George Tenet information college war Never break faith with the truth. George Tenet break You deserve better from your entire government, all of us. George Tenet deserve-better government deserve By definition, intelligence deals with the unclear, the unknown, the deliberately hidden. What the enemies of the United States hope to deny we work to reveal. George Tenet united-states definitions enemy To understand a difficult topic like Iraq takes patience and care. Unfortunately, you rarely hear a patient, careful or thoughtful discussion of intelligence these days. George Tenet thoughtful iraq patience When I came to the CIA in the mid-'90s, our graduating class of case officers was unbelievably low. Now, after years of rebuilding, our training programs and putting our best efforts to recruit the most talented men and women, we are graduating more clandestine officers than at any time in the history of the Central Intelligence Agency. George Tenet agency men years I'm Greek, and we're conspiratorial by nature. George Tenet greek Iraq... has also had contacts with al-Qaida. Their ties may be limited by divergent ideologies, but the two sides' mutual antipathy toward the United States and the Saudi royal family suggests that tactical cooperation between them is possible. George Tenet two-sides iraq ties As a nation we have, over the past seven years, been rebuilding our intelligence with powerful capabilities that many thought we would no longer need after the Cold War. We have been rebuilding our clandestine service, our satellite and other technical collection, our analytical depth and expertise. George Tenet powerful war past Here's the teaching point, if you're teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does not absolve policymakers of responsibility to ask tough questions, and it doesn't absolve them of having curiosity about the consequences of their actions. George Tenet responsibility teaching kids I am convinced the next major attack against the United States may well be conducted by people with Asian or African faces, not the ones that many Americans are alert to. George Tenet asian united-states people He is and always will be a United States Marine, service to this country has been his life, bob Mueller has never changed. His life has been defined by trust, discipline and honor. George Tenet top-news I still lie awake at night thinking about everything that could have been, that wasn't done to stop 9/11. To the 9/11 families, I said, you deserve better from your entire government. All of us. George Tenet you government night thinking The President had every reason to believe that the text presented to him was sound... These 16 words should never have been included in the text written for the president. George Tenet words never sound believe
