Mike Levin: “Tenet admitted to the intelligence subcommittee that the policymakers wanted him to ``say something about not being…”

“Tenet admitted to the intelligence subcommittee that the policymakers wanted him to ``say something about not being inconsistent with what the President had said.'' Tenet complied. Tenet acknowledged to the committee, in his July 26, 2006, testimony, that issuing the statement was ``the wrong thing to do.'' It was much more than that. It was a shocking abdication of a CIA Director's duty not to act as a shill for any administration or its policies. Director Tenet issued that statement at the behest of the administration on the eve of the Congress's debate on the resolution authorizing the use of force in Iraq. The use of the Director of Central Intelligence by the administration to contradict his own agency's assessment in order to support a policy goal of the administration is reprehensible, and it seriously damaged the credibility of the CIA. Mr. President, I thank the Chair for its indulgence and I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Who seeks recognition? ____________________”