STATEMENT BY GEORGE J. TENET
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE

U.S. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

May 30, 2003

Integrity and objectivity are hallmarks of the intelligence profession. Our role is to call it like we see it -- to tell policymakers what we know, what we don't know, what we think, and what we base it on. That's the code we live by and that is what policymakers expect from us. That is exactly what was done and continues to be done on intelligence issues related to Iraq.

I am enormously proud of the work of our analysts. The integrity of our process was maintained throughout and any suggestion to the contrary is simply wrong.