CNN: Former intel chief says WH worried over re-elect 'narrative'
Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama's former top military intelligence official said Tuesday that the White House ignored reports prefacing the rise of ISIS in 2011 and 2012 because they did not fit its re-election "narrative."
"I think that they did not meet a narrative the White House needed. And I'll be very candid with you, they just didn't," retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, the former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, told CNN's Jake Tapper on "The Lead."
Flynn, who has been critical of both Obama's and former President George W. Bush's handling of the Iraq War and involvement in the Middle East, said that Obama was served poorly by a small circle of advisers who were worried about his re-election prospects at the time.
Update: Ex-spy head: Obama ignored ISIS intelligence to fit reelection 'narrative' (The Hill)
WNU Editor: In all fairness to the White House .... the Islamic State only became a serious player in the Middle East in the winter of 2013 - 2014. As to the 2012 election ... the White House did try to downplay Al Qaeda., which in hindsight makes them now look foolish.
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In all fairness warnings are usually in advance of what is being warned about which often can be avoided if the warnings are taken seriously. Had Obama known (believed) that today's Mid East situation would have come during his tenure would he have run for re-election. When people get an idea into their heads that they want something warnings fall like water off a ducks back to the peril of many.
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