Iraq, al-Qaeda and Tenet's Equivocation

Washington Post by Christina Shelton | Jun. 30, 2007 (Opinion)

On Aug. 15, 2002, I presented my part of a composite Pentagon briefing on al-Qaeda and Iraq to George Tenet, then CIA director. In his recent book, "At the Center of the Storm," Tenet wrote that I said in opening remarks that "there is no more debate," "no further analysis is required" and "it is an open-and-shut case."

I never said those things. In fact, I said the covert nature of the relationship between Iraq and al-Qaeda made it difficult to ... Full Story »

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by Carl Pham - Oct. 1, 2008

This isn't journalism per se, but rather an original source -- a person who was in the middle of historical events giving her perspective, and strongly contradicting that of another principal in these affairs (George Tenet). It's impossible for the average reader to know whether Ms. Shelton or Mr. Tenet is lying, but the fact that they say very different things is interesting in itself.