It is not good journalism because it offers only two sources: the writer's and Tenet's. It is inconsistent with the wide body of evidence I've accumulated in my mind from reading many sources. It is inconceivable that no credible source has made the case that there was a significant connection between al-Qa'ida before this screed was published and the possibility that it is believable.

This isn't journalism per se, but rather an original source -- a person who was in the middle of historical events giving her perspective, and strongly contradicting that of another principal in these affairs (George Tenet). It's impossible for the average reader to know whether Ms. Shelton or Mr. Tenet is lying, but the fact that they say very different things is interesting in itself.