New York Times: Obama Orders Inquiry Into Intelligence on ISIS
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — President Obama said on Sunday that he had ordered his senior defense officials to find out whether intelligence reports had been altered to reflect a more optimistic assessment of the American military campaign against the Islamic State.
Speaking at a news conference in Malaysia at the end of a 10-day overseas trip, Mr. Obama said he expected the Pentagon’s inspector general to investigate allegations that significant changes were made to reports from analysts at the United States Central Command, known as Centcom.
“I don’t know what we’ll discover with respect to what was going on in Centcom,” Mr. Obama said. “What I do know is my expectation — which is the highest fidelity to facts, data, the truth.”
WNU Editor: Reports on intelligence manipulation is a serious charge. If the entire U.S. war effort against the Islamic State has been based on faulty intel .... we will need to know if this is the case, and what will the White house do different if this intel was altered.
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2 comments:
The White House folk are not warriors they are lawyers and disinclined to take action and/or have no ability in that sphere whatsoever. Not getting along with the warrior class does not help. Besides, it is very likely that any manipulation of information given to the public came from the White House. At this point in time you can't take a word you hear from the US government or President at face, and maybe you never could.
Someone once said 'education ain't what it used to be and never was'. That seems to apply to the US government as well.
"esides, it is very likely that any manipulation of information given to the public came from the White House."
Pretty much
Obama is his own circular firing squad.
The political appointees in the DoD or CIA either were currying favor with him and knew what he wanted or he told them. Either way he loses. He appointed yes men.
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