NYT:

Mr. Bush announced the resignation of the 51-year-old Mr. Tenet in a way that was almost bizarre. He had just addressed reporters and photographers in a fairly innocuous Rose Garden session with Prime Minister John Howard of Australia. Then the session was adjourned....

He then goes inside and mentions to Cheney, Powell, Rice, Andy Card and communications director, Dan Bartlett, all, I presume, assembled in the Oval Office for a game of Pictionary, that "Oh yeah, did I tell you Tenet gave me his resignation last nite? No? Sorry, must've slipped my mind."

NYT again:

Minutes later, Mr. Bush reappeared on the White House lawn to make the short walk to Marine One, the presidential helicopter. En route, he stopped to make the statement about Mr. Tenet's resignation to a group of reporters.

MSNBC:

Deborah Norville: What's your impression of Paul Wolfowitz?

Tom Clancy: Is he working for our side?

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Jeebus Light.

I nominate this guy for Director, CIA and/or Chief Asskicker and Nametaker:



Absence of Malice, 1981

Asst. A.G., Wells:

At the end of today two things are gonna be true that ain't true now. One is we're going to know what in the good Christ has been going on down here, and two is I'm going to have somebody's ass in my briefcase....