Quote Originally Posted by Winehole23
For the record, I think the CIA faded the heat for GWB's ty war results. The information was tailored to suit the ultimate consumers in the first place, so it was bound to be skewed.

Afterwards, Tenet fell on his sword, was asked to step aside. A few months later, he wa awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Intelligence failures were exaggerated overall.

The fact that some were not exaggerated only makes intelligence an better scapegoat. Bush threw the CIA under the bus and made a loyal man quit, rather than lead by taking responsibility, and outworking everyone else. But that wasn't GWB either.
This pretty much hits the nail on the head.