Former CIA Director George Tenet has accepted a teaching position at his alma mater Georgetown University.

The Hoya and the Associated Press cover the university’s announcement. Tenet will begin serving immediately, and teach his first course in fall 2005.

The Hoya story contains quotes from Tenet on a number of issues, including this tidbit on the origins of terror:

Tenet also called on the world’s developed countries to take an active role in assisting other nations on the road to democracy and prosperity.

“The failure of societies to meet the needs of their people gets translated into a doctrine of hate,” he said.

He cited government corruption in many nations, global economic disparities, overpopulation and the rise of HIV/AIDS infections as contributing factors that may lead people to support terrorist rhetoric in regions such as the Middle East and Southeast Asia.