Tenet Criticizes Idea of Nat'l Intel Chief (Press Kept Out of Tenet Speech

[Khephra]

WASHINGTON -- Former CIA Director George Tenet on Wednesday criticized proposals to create a national intelligence director, saying the position would lack authority unless the director also is charge of "leading men and women every day and taking risks."

Tenet, who left the CIA in July after seven years as director, offered his opinion to an audience of about 250 at a closed conference on homeland security and technology. At Tenet's insistence, national media, including The Associated Press, were kept out. Allowed in were some reporters for trade publications that cover the government's use of computers and the Internet.

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"We have collected an enormous amount of data about how the enemy thinks, trains and operates," Tenet said, according to a Web report by Government Computer News.

At the same time, he said, "We can't just disseminate threat reports and scare the living bejesus out of everybody."

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-tenet-terrorism,0,3339435.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[ananda]

1. We can't?

*At the same time, he said, "We can't just disseminate threat reports and scare the living bejesus out of everybody."*

We can't? "We" do it every day.

Sue

[Khephra]

2. I don't know about the "bejesus"

but there are a few fundies I'd like to see the living Jesus scared INTO them to replace their false idols.