Posted on 01/14/2016 10:49:30 AM PST by Shery
A former senior adviser to the Joint Chiefs told me that the document was an âall-sourceâ appraisal, drawing on information from signals, satellite and human intelligence, and took a dim view of the Obama administrationâs insistence on continuing to finance and arm the so-called moderate rebel groups.
Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, director of the DIA between 2012 and 2014, confirmed that his agency had sent a constant stream of classified warnings to the civilian leadership about the dire consequences of toppling Assad. The jihadists, he said, were in control of the opposition. Turkey wasnât doing enough to stop the smuggling of foreign fighters and weapons across the border. âIf the American public saw the intelligence we were producing daily, at the most sensitive level, they would go ballistic,â Flynn told me. âWe understood Isisâs long-term strategy and its campaign plans, and we also discussed the fact that Turkey was looking the other way when it came to the growth of the Islamic State inside Syria.â The DIAâs reporting,
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