The primary US Intelligence Agency in Iraq is DIA. They were not a part of the whole “Russian Collusion” thing, The CG got a case of the “A**” when they listed all 17 agencies as providing intel for it.
You can bet the DIA people on the ground are not blowing smoke, they have to live with whatever happens right there. Being on the X really makes you look twice at your assumptions.
That the CG got a case of the a— is a good thing.