From DougFeith.com: SMITH’S MYTH The thrust of this article by Jeffrey Smith is that the Pentagon and the Vice President argued that there was substantial cooperation between Iraq and al Qaida while the CIA said there was not. That is a myth. See Myth #1 in Media Myths vs. Facts. The myth is contradicted by the October 7, 2002 letter that CIA Director George Tenet sent to the Senate Intelligence Committee. All the top administration officials relied on this important, unclassified letter. In the letter, Tenet stated: