I don't believe a word that comes out of the spit Schumer's leftie mouth, but for Tenet to be furious about anything is a joke. It was under his tenure that the US lost its way in the war on islamic terrorists and got involved in a useless exercise in terror in the balkans in order to cover his escapades.
I still cannot fathom as to why he was rewarded by the Bush administration.
He may have been rewarded, but he is GONE. And in his place we have a Republican Congressman, Porter Goss, who has let go a number of people. And the agency has been put under John Negroponte.
I believe the first President Bush was fond of Tenet, if one can trust the stories that say so. He felt about him almost like he was a family member, I think. Then, if you give the guy a medal for all his years of fighting the battles there, right or wrong, perhaps he would be less likely to turn on you...if he has even a shred of decency, anyways.
I would bet you, President Bush knows why he gave Tenet a medal. And so does VP Cheney.