Wrong George is leaving.
CIA Director Tenet Resigns
Bush Says Tenet Will Leave in Mid-July for Personal Reasons
By William Branigin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, June 3, 2004; 11:39 AM
CIA Director George J. Tenet has submitted his resignation and will leave the agency in mid-July, President Bush announced today.
Bush and CIA officials said the resignation was for personal reasons. The CIA officials denied that Tenet quit or was pressured to leave because of criticism of U.S. intelligence over the failed search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq or missed clues to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist plot.
"He told me he was resigning for personal reasons," Bush said. "I told him I'm sorry he's leaving. He's done a superb job on behalf of the American people."
Bush said he had accepted Tenet's letter of resignation, which Tenet submitted at a White House meeting Wednesday night.
