Wow — effective July 11th, George Tenet has resigned as head of the CIA.

After being dogged by heavy criticism over questionable intelligence on Iraq and terrorism since the September 11, 2001 attacks, George Tenet resigned Thursday as the director of the CIA.

“I tell you about my plans to depart with sadness, but with head held very, very high,” Tenet told CIA employees at the agency’s Langley, Virginia, headquarters. “And while Washington and the media will put many different faces on the decision, it was a personal decision, and had only one basis — in fact, the well-being of my wonderful family — nothing more and nothing less.”

One down, many to go. On a not entirely unrelated note, though, I had one thought when I saw Tenet’s picture in this Time article: George Tenet and Bill Murray…

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…separated at birth?

iTunes: “How Beautiful You Are” by Cure, The from the album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (1987, 5:14).

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