The president, unimpressed by the presentation of satellite photographs and intercepts, pressed Tenet and McLaughlin, saying their information would not "convince Joe Public" and asking Tenet, "This is the best we've got?" Woodward reports.
According to Woodward, Tenet reassured the president that "it's a slam dunk case" that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction.
In his CBS interview, Woodward said he "asked the president about this, and he said it was very important to have the CIA director, 'slam-dunk' is as I interpreted it, a sure thing, guaranteed."
As far as I'm concerned, this is the last straw for me with Tenet. For a long time, I really wanted to believe that Tenet was merely covering for Bush for whatever reason, but it's clear now that he was actively complicit in deceiving the American public.
His agency failed over and over and over again to protect the country, and failed to step up and tell the truth about Iraq, and I think its about time someone pays the price for it.
Tenet should resign.