CIA Director Resigns

[Modred]

MSNBC - George Tenet resigns as CIA director (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5129314/)

It appears that late last night, George Tenet contacted President Bush and told him that he wishes to resign for "personal reasons." At a short press conference this morning before leaving for Europe, Bush announced Tenet's resignation. According to MSNBC, Tenet wants to spend more time with his family.

It is apparent that he is not leaving only for personal reasons. The question is, did his mismanagement of 9/11 and Iraqi strength assessments put too much stress on his job (he's had it for seven years, quite a long time), or is there something larger (in either personal or public life) that has forced him to call it quits?

[xjudicator]

Interesting...That makes sense though. The CIA has been under pressure from square one. Only a matter of time before someone resigned. His personal matters are probably the continued pressure. It probably won't stop at this though.

I don't know.

[hammocksleeper]

Not a too big of a surprise that he resigned. The buck's gotta stop somewhere in this whole 9-11 mess, I expected someone to step down.