Was the Chalabi/Iran Revelation a Ploy to Get Tenent , which was a

[BabsSong]

ploy to re-elect Bush?? Hmmmm. We've been talking here this a.m. that something is fishy about the whole Chalabi thing (and he's running around saying "I didn't do it"). Could this be a ploy that is going to magically unfold infront of our eyes. Like, after the investigation into who leaked the info the Chalabi it will be found that it was either Tenent or someone from the CIA; and thus, the story will be that a loyal, but finally furious, great Commander in Chief, GWB, simply had to fire Tenent over all the man's scew ups that caused the war, caused 9/11, caused torture in the prisons of Iraq, caused tooth decay in your children and bunions on your feet. But Bush, honorable as he is, gave Tenent the out to "resign for personal reasons". Nothing happens in a vacuum in D.C.--there's something behind all this. Then, bingo, all the critics will be told to get off his back about how he never holds anyone responsible. For some reason Bush is always "way out of town" when the dirty work is being done.

[Caution]

1. Not a chance

A top adviser resigning this close to an election is NOT a good thing, no matter how Bush spins it. If they scapegoat Tenet, the questions is "why wasn't he fired after 9/11? After Plame allegations? After WMD not found? Only now? Bush is incompetent for having this guy as his top CIA man." There is no way this can be spun as a positive for the administration unless tenet sticks to "personal reasons" and keeps his mouth shut.

[BabsSong]

2. Caution--like I said, the straw that broke the great loyal President's

back was that he directly or in chain of command indirectly leaked the Iran code info to Chalabi. Remember people are screaming (like Kerry, Gore) about how Bush never gets rid of someone. Boom--someone is gotten rid of.

[Nashyra]

3. They will try to a lesser degree

It will not work. Tenet has many friends and many people in agency that will support him. Al Gore likes him very much, and they are talking about the "slam dunk" statement about WMD's. That to me is almost an admition that Rumsfield and company were going to plant WMD's and they were going to war no matter what. The way this unravels will be bad for the administration. Tenet will not allow them to use him or his agency as the major scapegoat. If you have not read Worse than Watergate by Jon Dean, pick it up, this is the begining of the unraveling of an overtly secret administration.