Shane Harris & Nancy A. Youssef, Daily Beast: Exclusive: 50 Spies Say ISIS Intelligence Was Cooked
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.
The complaints spurred the Pentagon’s inspector general to open an investigation into the alleged manipulation of intelligence. The fact that so many people complained suggests there are deep-rooted, systemic problems in how the U.S. military command charged with the war against the self-proclaimed Islamic State assesses intelligence.
“The cancer was within the senior level of the intelligence command,” one defense official said.
WNU Editor: We covered this story last month .... Did The Pentagon, Intelligence Chiefs, And The White House Politicized Islamic State Intelligence Reports And Analysis? The difference is that now more intelligence officers are speaking out.
More News on Reports that U.S. Intelligence On The Islamic State Was 'Cooked'
Report: Analysts say leadership altered ISIS intelligence assessments -- CBS
Report: Analysts claim US military altering intelligence on ISIS war -- The Hill
ISIS intelligence was recast as rosy: Daily Beast -- AFP
Dozens of intelligence analysts reportedly claim assessments of ISIS were altered -- FOX News
US Spies 'Rebel', Claim ISIS Intelligence being Manipulated -- Arutz Sheva
Former CIA director under Obama: 'Someone needs to lose their job' if reports about ISIS intelligence are true -- Business Insider
50 top intelligence analysts in the US say ISIS intelligence report cooked: Report -- Economic Times
Bombshell Report Warns of ‘Cancer’ Within Senior Levels of US Intelligence in the Fight Against ISIS -- IJReview
Revolt of the spies: DoD analysts claim CENTCOM doctored reports about war on ISIS -- RT
Report: 50 Spies Accuse Obama Admin. of Cooking ISIS Intel -- PJ Media
Ex-top spy urges firings if ISIS reports are being suppressed -- The Hill
1 comment:
I thought this only happened in Republican administrations.
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