The issue at the heart of the Tenet matter; the role in the intelligence community of the NSA, which eavesdrops on telecommunications through a sophisticated worldwide electronic-monitoring network also inevitably raises questions about the NSA's former director, Lt. Gen. Michael Hayden, who has since been named by Bush to be principal deputy to the new director of national intelligence, John Negroponte.
After four years, and one major report, there is now talk of actually holding people accountable for the failings that may have led to the 9-11 attacks. What is interesting, as noted by the quote above, is who may be targeted. One of the prime targets may be George Tenet, who the President awarded the Medal of Freedom.
This is an important step. However, I would rather see this effort and energy focused on how we the very limited amount of information we had on Iraq got spun into the web of lies that led us into this foolish war.
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