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U.S. President George W. Bush announced Thursday that CIA Director George Tenet, the subject of growing criticism following the failure of American intelligence about the attacks of September 11 and the war in Iraq, had resigned.

“He told me he was resigning for personal reasons,” said President Bush to reporters at the White House before leaving for a tour in Europe.

“I regret,” Bush said, adding that the Director of Central Intelligence Agency U.S. leave office in mid-July and be replaced temporarily by the number two of the CIA, John McLaughlin .

Mr. Tenet was under pressure from calls for his resignation following the misinformation provided by the CIA about the presence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq before the war and the harsh findings of an investigation Congress.

The Congressional investigation into the September 11 attacks criticized the U.S. intelligence services do not have foreseen the attack, citing “errors”.

Mr. Tenet, born in 1953, was head of the Central Intelligence Agency U.S. since 1997.

美国中央情报局局长的辞职对情报失误的实质性的批评

美国总统布什布什星期四宣布，中情局局长特尼特，在不断的批评后，大约9月11日袭击和伊拉克战争的美国情报失败的问题，已经辞职。

“他告诉我他是因个人原因辞职，”说，布什总统在白宫记者之前在欧洲巡回离开。

“我很遗憾，”布什说，并补充说，美国中央情报局局长离开办公室中旬至7月，并取代中央情报局，麦克劳林暂时排名第二。

特尼特先生受到来自呼吁他辞职的压力下由中央情报局提供了有关伊拉克大规模杀伤性武器之前，战争和恶劣的调查结果存在的错误信息美国国会。

到9月11日袭击美国国会的调查，批评美国情报部门并没有预见到的攻击，理由是“错误”。

特尼特先生，生于1953年，是美国中央情报局1997年以来，美国负责。