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Paul Bedard
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Washington Whispers - January 14, 2009
Replaced by President-elect Barack Obama, outgoing CIA boss Mike Hayden has big retirement plans.
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New CIA Take: Was Goss Inept or Sabotaged?
Washington Whispers - July 15, 2007
The story is etched in Washington political history: After George Tenet, the internally popular and second-longest-serving CIA director ever, quit his post in 2004, his replacement, former Rep. Porter Goss, practically destroyed Langley with his partisan bumbling.
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Is McCain's Autograph Worth $200?
Washington Whispers - May 17, 2007
For lots of word guys and gals like us in the media, little is as cool as getting a signed book, especially an autobiography. I've got a bunch, though don't ask me where I've put them.
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Out Loud
Washington Whispers - May 13, 2007
"Listen, if I had ill feelings towards everybody who has written books, it'd be a pretty long list.".
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Friendship Thicker Than Politics
Washington Whispers - May 9, 2007
Here's one trick on how to judge the closeness of official Washington friendships. When a former official blasts his former bosses in a memoir, his friends in that administration are barely mentioned.
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Tenet Book Expected to Open At No. 1 on <i>New York Times</i> List
Washington Whispers - May 7, 2007
Despite criticism from some administration insiders about his new book, George Tenet's At the Center of the Storm has already sold over 65,000 copies in the first week and is expected to open at No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list.
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George Tenet's Book
Michael Barone - May 1, 2007
There's been lots of criticism, and precious little praise, for George Tenet's book in the blogosphere. Start with Bill Kristol's refutation of Tenet's story about Richard Perle.
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And Now, It Will Be Tenet's Turn to Dish
Washington Whispers - April 1, 2007
We're just a month away from what could be the biggest storm yet over who knew what before 9/11 and about those weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, as former CIA Director George Tenet finally tells of those troubled days. We hear vaguely that in At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA, out April 30, Tenet takes responsibility for intelligence shortcomings but also isn't shy about naming officials in the Bush and Clinton administrations who share in the blame.
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