By George-Finally!!

In October 2006 at www.sanetime.blogspot.com I wrote that the George Tenet "slam dunk" comment was taken completely out of context, and done so in a nefarious manner.

The comment was uttered in a meeting at which the Bush administration was trying to decide the best way to "sell" the Iraq war to the American people. The options included playing up the alleged ties between Saddam Hussein, al Qaeda, and 9/11; the fact that Saddam was a brutal tyrant, or the danger that was posed by Saddam possessing WMDs which he could supply to the terrorists. George Tenet used the phrase stating that the choice of using the WMD threat as a way to garner support for the war was a "slam dunk". He NEVER used the phrase to describe the CIA's case that Iraq HAD WMDs.

It has taken quite a while for Mr. Tenet to remove his tail from between his legs, but he has finally admitted that his comment was taken completely out of context.