House probe: Central Command reports skewed intel on ISIS fight

[BlueStateSaint]

One wonders if they weren't directed to do this . . . from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC . . .


House probe: Central Command reports skewed intel on ISIS fight

Published August 11, 2016
· FoxNews.com
 
Intelligence reports produced by U.S. Central Command that tracked the Islamic State’s 2014-15 rise in Iraq and Syria were skewed to present a rosier picture of the situation on the ground, according to a bombshell report released Thursday by a House Republican task force.

The task force investigated a Defense Department whistleblower's allegations that higher-ups manipulated analysts’ findings to make the campaign against ISIS appear more successful to the American public.

The report concluded that intelligence reports from Central Command were, in fact, “inconsistent with the judgments of many senior, career analysts.”

Further, the report found, “these products also consistently described U.S. actions in a more positive light than other assessments from the [intelligence community] and were typically more optimistic than actual events warranted.”

Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., who was involved in the House report, said Thursday the data was clearly “manipulated.”



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[DumbAss Tanker]

A report that made it out of a four-star command headquarters which turned out to be self-aggrandizing BS???  Oh my, I'm so shocked!