Tenet: from ‘slam-dunk’ to ‘slammed, dumped’ in a year:
Anyone who’d dodge behind his family to get out of a political flap is despicable. Unless, say, some party or parties actually threatened to eliminate his loved ones if he didn’t resign. You never know with these characters:

The CIA denied that Tenet's resignation was connected with any of the those issues. "Absolutely not," said Mark Mansfield, CIA spokesman.

Tenet addressed CIA employees and said, "It was a personal decision, and had only one basis in fact: the well being of my wonderful family, nothing more and nothing less." Tenet

In any case, we have a new version of “slam-dunk” – as in he’s now been “slammed and dumped.” -- Tom Nadeau