The decision is Goss's, and he should be the one condemned for it. On the other hand, Goss is Bush's appointee, and as other posters have noted, if Bush cares about accountability for the greatest intelligence failure in US history, he needs to be dialing Goss's number right now and telling him to reconsider.

I think part of the problem is that Bush is hesitant to completely turn on Tenet, because if he does, Tenet may turn on him, and raise the embarrassing issue of how the Bush administration used Tenet's intelligence. Remember, the 9/11 commission never looked at how the Bushies used the intelligence; we've never had an independent commission look at that issue. Bush does not want this skeleton in the closet to see the light of day.