By Thomas Nagorski

Dec 18, 2008 6:29pm

Tenet, Bandar, Scotch & A Swimming Pool?

Who are we to believe? New York Times reporter Patrick Tyler, whose upcoming book includes a stunning scene: an enraged George Tenet, drunk on scotch, flailing about Saudi Prince Bandar’s Riyadh pool, screaming about the Bush Administration officials who were just then trying to pin the Iraq WMD fiasco on him? Or Tenet himself, who insists it never happened, and has other CIA officials backing his account? Tyler has Tenet saying "They’re setting me up. The bastards are setting  me up…(but) I am not going to take the hit."

More here — to help you decide.

Says Tenet: "I have recently learned of some ludicrous allegations which are set  to appear in a book to be published in the next few days…"

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Posted by: Noz | December 18, 2008, 7:45 pm 7:45 pm

Shocking that this comes out when Tyler has a book to promote… All the people who were there, 2 US and the Saudis, say this never happened. Wonder who Tyler’s source was? And why isn’t he going on the record??

Posted by: Commie77 | December 24, 2008, 6:35 pm 6:35 pm

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