Obama Said To Fault Spy Agencies’ Mideast Forecasting -- New York TimesWASHINGTON — President Obama has criticized American spy agencies over their performance in predicting and analyzing the spreading unrest in the Middle East, according to current and former American officials.
The president was specifically critical of intelligence agencies for misjudging how quickly the unrest in Tunisia would lead to the downfall of the country’s authoritarian government, the officials said.
The officials offered few details about the president’s concerns, but said that Mr. Obama had not ordered any major changes inside the intelligence community, which has a budget of more than $80 billion a year. On Friday, a White House spokesman said spy agencies had given Mr. Obama “relevant, timely and accurate analysis” throughout the crisis in the Middle East.
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My Comment: This blog has been posting articles and stories on how unstable the Middle East is for the past few years .... especially after the riots that broke out in Iran last year. I am sure the Intelligence Agencies must have warned the administration on what is happening .... or more to the point .... the Administration should have asked the right questions. I guess they did not.
In the end .... President Obama has to blame someone .... and I can only guess from the remarks that he is making that he is going to make sure that the buck does not stop at his desk.
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