More from Giraldi
The short article in which former CIA analyst Philip Giraldi wrote about Cheney/Pentagon contingency plans touse tactical nukes against Iran is now up on the American Conservative website. I'd written about this piece here Tuesday, but didn't have a link.
(It turns out it has an August 1 dateline.)
The other two items in Giraldi's piece there are interesting, too.
In the first, he writes that a CIA internal review of the agency's performance pre-9/11 is "harshly critical" of Tenet, his former Director of Operations James Pavitt, and the head of the Counterterrorist Center then, Cofer Black. Giraldi adds,
- The report, completed by CIA Inspector General John Helgerson, is especially acerbic regarding the failure of the agency to stop two of the 9/11 hijackers, Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar, as they entered the United States. Black did not share information on the two men with the FBI agents assigned to the Counterterrorist Center at the CIA and also turned down a request for a formal memorandum to be sent to FBI Headquarters. The report will be finalized and given to Congress after those criticized in it add their own comments. Pavitt... has publicly accepted full responsibility for the agency’s failure, but Black has not acknowledged any deficiencies in his performance. Tenet has not yet responded.
(See the upcoming JWN post for discussion of the final Giraldi item.).
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