Espionage and Intelligence | Intelligence Reforms: An Overview

About the author: Brian Hansen is a staff writer for the CQ Researcher, a news publication that explores current issues.

George J. Tenet was having breakfast at a hotel near the White House last September 11, 2001, when an aide approached and handed him a cell phone.

The 49-year-old director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) pushed his omelet aside and raised the phone to his ear. He listened for a few moments, asked for a few details, then related the horrific news to his breakfast partner: An airplane had crashed into one of the twin towers of the...

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