After reading this story, I can't help wondering if there is a covert operation going on in Iraq that is headed by the Bush loyalists in Tenet's CIA. Could this be the reason that G.W. is letting Tenet stay in power?

Condi Rice is from the Hoover Institute. They have just advocated more covert operations.

Are the covert operations of the G.W. Bush Era starting early? Is the DCI George Tenet carrying them out? Is this the reason G.W. will keep Tenet as the number 1 tenent of The George Bush Center for Intelligence? --

http://www.cia.gov/cia/employment/benframe.htm

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http://www.worldtribune.com/tout-6.html

Rumsfeld has record of favoring Saddam's ouster

SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Wednesday, January 3, 2001
WASHINGTON — Donald Rumsfeld is no stranger to the Middle East.

If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, this will be Rumsfeld's second tour as U.S. defense secretary. Over the weekend, President-elect George W. Bush nominated Rumsfeld as defense secretary.

Rumsfeld, 68, headed the Pentagon under the Ford Administration from 1975 to 1977. He is known as a vigorous supporter of a U.S. campaign to undermine Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

In 1998, Rumsfeld signed a letter urging President Bill Clinton to recognize the Iraqi National Congress as Iraq's government in exile. This became the basis of the Iraq Liberation Act.

The secretary-designate is also known as a firm supporter of national missile defense.

"He's going to be a great secretary of defense — again," Bush said.

Bush said he wants to restructure the department to make U.S. forces more mobile. The president-elect said he would look into skipping generations of military hardware to ensure that the military has the best weaponry.

Bush also reiterated that he would add $1 billion to the $310 billion defense budget for a higher military pay raise.

In 1998, Rumsfeld headed a bipartisan commission that concluded that U.S. intelligence had underestimated the missile threat to the United States. He joins Vice President-elect Richard Cheney and Secretary of State-designate Colin Powell, all of whom have rich military and defense experience.

Wednesday, January 3, 2001