CNN.com - Tenet defends CIA pre-9/11 - Oct. 17, 2002

Benedick Shelby is the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee. He says Tenet "was in denial" the last time he testified. That would be when he said he was proud of the CIA's counterterrorism record.

Meanwhile, the White House continues to have its own special definition of "bipartisan":

The administration also wants its only member on the commission to be the sole chairman, instead of being co-chair with a Democratic appointee.

"Unfortunately there still are some members (of Congress) who do not share the view that this commission should be truly bipartisan," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said. "We hope these members will reconsider."

Because only by submitting to Republican dominance can Democrats show that they're bipartisan. This sounds ridiculous, because it is, but it's very much the Bush line.