George John Tenet is an American intelligence official and academic who served as the director of central intelligence for the United States Central Intelligence Agency, as well as a distinguished pro
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George Tenet on September 11, 2001
Tenet (left, in pink tie) briefs President George W. Bush in the Oval Office along White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card and Vice President Dick Cheney (with back to camera).
John Edward McLaughlin is a retired American intelligence official who was Deputy Director of Central Intelligence and briefly acting Director of Central Intelligence.
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…officials was related to the controversy over the September 11 attacks, alleged Iraqi WMDs, and the decision to go to war with Iraq. After Tenet left, John E. McLaughlin served as acting director until Porter Goss was sworn to the position on September 24, two days after the Senate approved him. Tenet's seven-year term…
John Edward Mc Laughlin speaking on May 28, 2004
McLaughlin during his tenure as Acting Director of Central Intelligence during a testimony at Senate Armed Services Committee with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard B. Myers, and Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence Stephen A. Cambone on August 17, 2004.