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January 6, 2005
Presidential Medal of Sucking

A week or so ago, President Bush awarded the Medal of Freedom to George Tenet and a couple of other losers. It was all very ridiculous and absurd, considering that we all know George Tenet completely botched the whole "terrorism" thing.

Well, today it comes out that an internal investigation by the CIA has concluded that Tenet should be held personally accountable for "failing to allocate adequate resources to combating terrorism" before the 9/11 attacks.

That's right.. Medal of Freedom recipient George J. Tenet has been found by his own agency to have been completely negligent in fighting terrorism.

The findings, which are still classified, pose a quandary for the C.I.A. and the administration, particularly since President Bush awarded a Medal of Freedom to Mr. Tenet last month. It is not clear whether either the agency or the White House has the appetite to reprimand Mr. Tenet, Mr. Pavitt or others.

The report says that Mr. Pavitt, among others, failed to meet an acceptable standard of performance, and it recommends that his conduct be assessed by an internal review board for possible disciplinary action, the officials said. The criticism of Mr. Tenet is cast in equally strong terms, the officials said, but they would not say whether it reached a judgment about whether his performance had been acceptable.

Pretty funny, huh?

So weary....

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