His statement is available to anyone on the CIA's web site. It paints a very bleak picture of world geopolitics, in terms of what Mr. Tenet considers are U.S. interests in the world-system. But it is always prudent to take such statements seriously, and to analyze them. The basic theme is that things are getting worse. Uncertainty is the theme over and over.
Tenet reviews the usual culprits, but then goes on to the higher worry.
Tenet keeps repeating that these other countries need foreign assistance to enhance their own capacity, and that they are in fact getting precisely that, foreign assistance. The U.S. in general, and the U.S. military in particular, are especially proud of their advantage in information technology. Tenet points out that the flip side of this advantage is the increase in vulnerability. And as we all know it seems quite easy for hackers, who seem to be a large group, to do damage to information networks. When Tenet gets to regional issues, he puts, not surprisingly, the Middle East at the top of his list of worries.