More than other opinions on this topic, Blumenthal focuses on Tenet without attacking the administration too much. He offers specifics on Tenet's inconsistencies and hypocrisies I have not read elsewhere.

"A former high CIA official" is granted anonymity without explanation in this otherwise fine and well-focused piece.

No. Blumenthal is a former Clinton administration figure, and notably excludes anything in this article dealing with Tenet's time with that administration. Instead, he focuses solely on Tenet's time with the Bush administration. Left hanging are a number of pre-9/11 events fumbled by the Clintons, and by extension, Sid Blumenthal.

Asking Sid Blumenthal to write an objective piece on this subject would be the rough equivalent of having asked Iran's President Ahmadinejad to review the movie, Shindler's List. Even a casual reader will note that the author fails to acknowledge that Mr. Tenet was put in office by former President Clinton, and the absence of any "failings" on Tenet's part during that era is totally missing.