Image from The New York TimesFrom The Captain's Journal:
Bill Gertz reports on intelligence leading up to the Taliban attack at COP Keating, Kamdesh Afghanistan.
Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Ronald L. Burgess Jr. recently testified before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that there were three intelligence reports indicating Taliban forces were preparing to attack a remote U.S. combat outpost in eastern Afghanistan, according to defense officials.
Gen. Burgess appeared before a closed-door meeting of the committee on Oct. 22 and was asked by senators about the advance warning of a Taliban attack, first reported in The Washington Times, and whether the intelligence warnings were ignored.
My Comment: I have been critical of U.S. Intelligence since the 1980s, but on a macro/international level. The Captain's Journal nails it on the micro level, what soldiers on the ground must face when their superiors do not have trust in and/or understand the intelligence that is given to them.
This is a must read post.
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