Tenet quits leaving CIA in Iraq and September 11 controversies
AFP, June, 2004
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WASHINGTON (AFP) — CIA director George Tenet, who has been under attack over the intelligence used to justify the Iraq invasion and warnings before the September 11 attacks, resigned Thursday, the US administration announced.
President George W. Bush told a hastily convened news conference just before he left for a major trip to Europe that Tenet was leaving for "personal reasons".
Deputy Central Intelligence Agency director John McLaughlin will take over in charge of the world's most powerful spy network in mid-July, when Tenet's resignation becomes effective.
No permanent replacement is expected to be announced until after the November 2 presidential election, analysts said.
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Any new nomination before the election would require Congress confirmation hearings that could reopen controversies over Iraq and the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.
Tenet, appointed in July 1997, was the second longest serving head of the world's most powerful spy agency. ...
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