CIA Criticizes Ex-chief Over 9/11`

A CIA inquiry has accused the agency's ex-chief, George Tenet, and his aides of failing to prepare for al=Qaeda threats before the 9/11 attacks on the US. The CIA inspector general wrote that the agency and its officers did not discharge their responsibilities in a satisfactory manner. The document was completed in June 2005 and kept classified until now. Its release was ordered by Congress. Mr. Tenet, former CIA director, said the inspector general was flat wrong. But some former CIA employees have told the BBC that the criticisms are justified.