President Barack Obama listens during a meeting with aides on Air Force One en route to Beijing, China, Nov. 16, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
David J. Karl, The Diplomat: Connecting the Dots in Obama's Intelligence Scandal
An emerging scandal exemplifies a long-running critique of Obama’s foreign policy.
According to the Daily Beast (here and here) and the New York Times, some 50 intelligence analysts posted with U.S. Central Command, which oversees U.S. military operations in the Middle East, have formally complained that their superiors altered assessments about the Islamic State and Al Qaeda in order to adhere more closely with the Obama administration’s public line that the military campaign against these groups is progressing well.
There is, of course, a sad irony that a White House filled with people who frequently charge the George W. Bush administration with manipulating intelligence on the region now stand accused of the same thing.
WNU Editor: I suspect that there are many in the intelligence community who are now counting the days when President Obama leaves office.
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