IraqGate: Tenet revealed Name of Official who wanted Iraq Claim

posted by ewing2001 on Thursday July 17, @02:39AM

Wolfowitz' name was already leaked to the Press, but not confirmed yet

Tenet Says Official Wanted Iraq Claim

By KEN GUGGENHEIM -Associated Press Writer -Jul 17 Updates

WASHINGTON (AP) --

CIA Director George Tenet told members of Congress a White House official insisted that President Bush's State of the Union address include an assertion about Saddam Hussein's nuclear intentions that had not been verified, a Senate Intelligence Committee member said Thursday.

Sen. Dick Durbin, who was present for a 4 1/2-hour appearance by Tenet behind closed doors with Intelligence Committee members Wednesday, said Tenet named the official. But the Illinois Democrat said that person's identity could not be revealed because of the confidentiality of the proceedings.

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"He (Tenet) certainly told us who the person was who was insistent on putting this language in which the CIA knew to be incredible, this language about the uranium shipment from Africa," Durbin said on ABC's "Good Morning America."

Sources: Tenet says he never read final draft of Bush speech

CNN CIA Director George Tenet has acknowledged to a Senate committee that he never read the final draft of President Bush's State of the Union address, sources told CNN...

... In five hours of testimony, Tenet also talked extensively about who the CIA talked to at the National Security Council about the questionable intelligence report, said the sources, speaking on condition of anonymity.

...Committee Vice Chairman Sen. John "Jay" Rockefeller, D-West Virginia, said: "I think that responsibility has to be taken by a lot more than George Tenet.

"I think we have to face up to that. I think there are others in the administration who knew something about this."

More details of Tenet testimony on pre-war intelligence

NBC - July 17, 2003

Capitol Hill-AP -- A member of the Senate Intelligence Committee says C-I-A Director George Tenet identified a White House official -- who insisted questionable information on Iraq's nuclear intentions be included in the State of the Union speech. Senator Dick Durbin told A-B-C's "Good Morning America" that the person insisted on putting in language that -- quote -- "the C-I-A knew to be incredible."

Durbin was present during Tenet's closed-door appearance yesterday before the Intelligence Committee. He says he can't reveal the person's identity due to the confidentiality of the proceedings.

NY Times

White House Aide Behind uranium claim, senator says

A Democratic member of the Senate Intelligence Committee said today that a White House official insisted that claims about Iraqi attempts to purchase uranium be included in President Bush's State of the Union address, despite doubts from the Central Intelligence Agency about its credibility.

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