His defense is worse than the allegation.
Its like saying, I did not know she was 17, I thought she was 14.
We all know tenet was complicit in selling the war. That's old news.
The prominence of this revelation, is that when BushCo. tried to use the excuse that Tenet "made" them invade iraq, by assuring them that there was 100% proof of WMD and/or imminent threats, they were lying. They were trying to pin Bush's failed war on a scapegoat.