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To understand a difficult topic like Iraq takes patience and care. Unfortunately, you rarely hear a ...

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You know, at the end of the day, the only thing you have is trust and honor in this world. That's al...

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By definition, intelligence deals with the unclear, the unknown, the deliberately hidden. What the e...

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Here's the teaching point, if you're teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does ...

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George Tenet

Professor

Born: 1953-01-05

Died: N/A

George John Tenet (born January 5, 1953) is Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University and was previously the Director of Central Intelligence for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Tenet held that position from July 1997 to July 2004, making him the second-longest serving director in the agency's history — behind Allen Dulles — as well as one of the few CIA directors to serve under two US presidents of opposing political parties.More