(2003-06-04) — U.S. Director of Central Intelligence William Tenet took himself into custody this morning under suspicion of having deceived himself about the extent of Iraq’s weapons development program.
Mr. Tenet, who will serve as his own lawyer, said his arrest is just a precaution against the risk of flight by the suspect.
“I have told myself that I will cooperate fully with the investigation,” he said. “And I want to believe that’s true. This detention is really just to keep us all honest in the process. No charges have been filed, and I will not be sending myself to Guantanamo.”
The suspect claims that his agency did not intentionally shape an intelligence report in October 2002 to fit the Bush administration’s desire to attack Iraq.
Speaking through his attorney, Mr. Tenet said, “I…I mean my client’s agency produced a report that agreed with what the Clinton administration and the United Nations have been saying for years. No one was denying that Iraq had a WMD program.”
However, CIA Director Tenet said he would personally interrogate the man while in custody to “get to the bottom of this, although the facts seem foggy at the moment.”

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