Book: Tenet drunkenly mocked Bush neocons, right-wing Israelis

Mike Sheehan

Thursday, Dec 18, 2008

Swimming trunks? $25. Bottle of fine scotch? $60.

The director of the CIA in the pool of a Saudi prince, ranting drunkenly about neocons and Jews? Priceless.

In a scene described in the upcoming Patrick Tyler book A World of Trouble, former CIA director George Tenet was visiting the house of Prince Bandar bin Sultan when he allegedly let loose after imbibing on whiskey, reports Jeffrey Goldberg on his blog at The Atlantic.

Tenet, Tyler writes, was in Bandar’s swimming pool complaining loudly about Bush administration officials “who were just then trying to pin the Iraq WMD fiasco on him.”

After quickly consuming half of a bottle of scotch given to him by one of Bandar’s servants, Tenet said, “They’re setting me up. The bastards are setting me up, [but] I am not going to take the hit.”

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Tyler then writes that, according to one witness, Tenet “mocked the neoconservatives in the Bush administration and their alignment with the right wing of Israel’s political establishment, referring to them with exasperation as, ‘the Jews.’”

Goldberg says that in Tyler’s footnotes, Tenet denied much of the account, including the remarks and a report that he had taken a sleeping pill in addition to alcohol.

It wasn’t made clear by Goldberg just when the alleged incident occurred according to the book. Tenet retired from the CIA in 2004. Shortly thereafter he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George W. Bush, despite criticism from Congressional Democrats that Tenet was responsible for intelligence failures regarding Iraq’s purported weapons of mass destruction.

Goldberg’s blog post can be read in full at this link.

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8 Responses to “Book: Tenet drunkenly mocked Bush neocons, right-wing Israelis”

rats Says:
December 18th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Well if he feels that way he should go public, the truth will set you free. Bush is bandars b!tch so if this was true he picked the wrong place to express his concerns.
Tennessee Walt Says:
December 19th, 2008 at 5:13 am
In response to mr Chertoff….hahahahahahahahaha! you sir are standing on the gallows along with the rest of the fascist traitors who have conspired to bring this country to its knees by deliberate lies and deception on the american people as well as the rest of the globe, the hour of retribution is knocking on your door…oh yeah, i almost forgot…MERRY CHRISTMAS!
E-Rock Says:
December 19th, 2008 at 5:16 am
#1
Hey dumb dumb, the article says absolutely NOTHING about Bandar drinking. It doesn’t even state Bandar was present at the time! Just because he is Muslim and doesn’t drink, doesn’t mean he doesn’t have a stock of wine and liquors for his non-Muslim guests.
Sense Says:
December 19th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
US Constitution Is Not Inspired By Divinity

It’s striking that so few truly understand the basis of our Constitution. Arguments that the Constitution is somehow a divinely-inspired document show either a lack of education as to the ideas and principles behind the tenets of the document, or a deliberate attempt to pervert the true intent of the philosophies behind the Constitution. In no way are the Constitution or the Bill of Rights Christian documents. The philosophical underpinnings of each of these documents stem from Locke and Cooke, primarily Locke.

Read the rest – http://beholdtheforce.blogspot.com/
andrew Says:
December 20th, 2008 at 11:19 am
hey michael …get a job, a life, a personality……etc
Publius Says:
December 20th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Guess Tenet was able to blackmail Bush & Co. into dropping him as their scapegoat and instead award him some totally undeserved high state honor.

Truly, there is not a shred of integrity in the whole lot of the riffraff infecting that diseased sty, Washington, D.C.
G. Lauren Says:
December 20th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
i am delighted to see a courageous patriot get so much media coverage for telling the truth. Is the tide turning? Will the media return to reporting facts? Do Times shareholders believe spin will save them in bankruptcy court? Perhaps Gannett and McClatchy pension funds are in Madoff’s ample hands!
colitas Says:
December 21st, 2008 at 10:08 am
hey sense don’t forget the Iroqouis on the founding of this Nation. I mean was it sure coincidence that these Native peoples had the very thing that Franklin and the Founders were looking for. Franklin even is quoted as saying this. It was also the Iroquois he first mentioned to the Colonists that there trade would be conducted easier if they entered a Union like the one the Iroqouis have, even to this day. Comprised of different Naiton states they even have their own passports seperate from the US gov. heck even the preamble to the Constitution sounds the same Research the Great Law and the Hau de no sau nee the real name of ” The People of the Longhouse”
We could learn alot from these people since they saw the inherent trappings of populace democracy they did not support majority rules. For anything to pass as we say you had to a 100% that ’s right complete unity, unanimous. Otherwise they did not act. There logic was if it was that important , we could take the time to debate the issue until everything was understood and a true decision based on the wishes of the people not others. Sure would slow things down, maybe we could raise the percentage needed to pass leg. That sure would eliminate a lot fof bullshit.