Interesting discussion this morning on the Diane Rehm show on National Public Radio. They felt that Tenet had been wanting to leave for a while, and that in this instance the needs of the administration and the needs of the man himself were moving in the same direction.

The slam dunk remark was interesting, but too involved to try to recreate here. Not all were convinced that it was anything more than a man who clearly wasn't being listened to tossing a throw-away remark into the conversation, something the White House wanted to hear.

SRS