CIA Director George Tenet repeated his criticism of agency officials who wrote memos attacking a Jewish attorney now on forced leave from the agency. In a private meeting Sunday night with Anti-Defamation League activists, Tenet, citing a threatened lawsuit by attorney Adam Ciralsky, refused to discuss possible disciplinary action against the memo’s authors. Ciralsky has said anti-Semitism played a role in the agency’s decision to put him on leave.
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