MI Ping
I don’t see it so much as an MI fail, but as a total and complete cultural fail or the US in particular and “The West” in general.
Obama, at Mogadishu, called it correct in his fatwhaa. We are “paper tigers”.
We, as a people, are not currently capable of fighting to win in any endeavor, military or otherwise.
The intel fail is just a symptom of our rot caused disease.