pick themselves up and move on to blame:
1) The evil Boosh
b) The Joooooos
http://upload.democraticunderground.com/10141203743bananas (25,926 posts)
: 50 Spies Say ISIS Intelligence Was Cooked
Source: Daily Beast
It’s being called a “revolt†by intelligence pros who are paid to give their honest assessment of the ISIS war—but are instead seeing their reports turned into happy talk.
More than 50 intelligence analysts working out of the U.S. military's Central Command have formally complained that their reports on ISIS and al Qaeda’s branch in Syria were being inappropriately altered by senior officials, The Daily Beast has learned.
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Two senior analysts at CENTCOM signed a written complaint sent to the Defense Department inspector general in July alleging that the reports, some of which were briefed to President Obama, portrayed the terror groups as weaker than the analysts believe they are. The reports were changed by CENTCOM higher-ups to adhere to the administration’s public line that the U.S. is winning the battle against ISIS and al Nusra, al Qaeda’s branch in Syria, the analysts claim.
That complaint was supported by 50 other analysts, some of whom have complained about politicizing of intelligence reports for months. That’s according to 11 individuals who are knowledgeable about the details of the report and who spoke to The Daily Beast on condition of anonymity.
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Some of those CENTCOM analysts described the sizeable cadre of protesting analysts as a “revolt†by intelligence professionals who are paid to give their honest assessment, based on facts, and not to be influenced by national-level policy. The analysts have accused senior-level leaders, including the director of intelligence and his deputy in CENTCOM, of changing their analyses to be more in line with the Obama administration’s public contention that the fight against ISIS and al Qaeda is making progress. The analysts take a more pessimistic view about how military efforts to destroy the groups are going.
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Read more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/09/exclusive-50-spies-say-isis-intelligence-was-cooked.html
They cannot keep a coherent thread going without industrial strength tinfoil. But really, someone is cooking the books? Now how could that happen?? Anyone else think the emperor has no clothes?
Star Member JDPriestly (51,748 posts)
1. This needs to be looked into. This is what happened in Viet Nam.
We should not cover up mistakes made in high places. The ultimate price is not worth the happy talk.
Response to JDPriestly (Reply #1)Thu Sep 10, 2015, 12:20 AM
Star Member dixiegrrrrl (42,507 posts)
3. IKNEW that soundedfamiliar!
Dubya's Iraq war and the Afghanistan occupation sounded like Viet Nam also.
"light at the end of the tunnel" and all that crap.
Plenty of posts left to go, head over and grab a heaping helping but keep your keyboard protected from spurious emissions if consuming fluids.
