Posted on 11/24/2015 6:57:52 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The scandal involving about 50 intelligence analysts for U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) who were pressured to downplay the effectiveness of the Islamic State while it was a growing threat is at critical mass.
The Pentagon's inspector general has in his possession emails and other documents that prove there was pressure to doctor the analyses of the Islamic State in order to minimize the threat and talk up the White House "narrative" that the military was doing a good job in degrading the abilities of the terrorist group.
Fox News is told by a source close to the CENTCOM analysts that the pressure on them included at least two emails saying they needed to “cut it out” and “toe the line.”
Separately, a former Pentagon official told Fox News there apparently was an attempt to destroy the communications. The Pentagon official said the email warnings were "not well received" by the analysts.
Those emails, among others, are now in the possession of the Pentagon inspector general. The IG’s probe is expanding into whether intelligence assessments were changed to give a more positive picture of the anti-ISIS campaign.
The former Pentagon official said there were “multiple assessments” from military intelligence and the CIA regarding the “rapid rise” of ISIS in Iraq and North Africa in the year leading up to the group’s territory grab in 2014.
Similar intelligence was included in the President’s Daily Brief, or PDB – the intelligence community’s most authoritative product -- during the same time period. Yet the official, who was part of the White House discussions, said the administration kept "kicking the can down the road." The official said there was no discussion of the military involvement needed to make a difference.
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It’s only a “scandal” if the press reports it dutifully, the public gets,outraged and demands action, and government heads roll.
None of those things will happen. The Magic Negro will skate again.
HAH!
Centcom is being thrown under the bus, count on it.
I suspect you’re right. Since nothing was done about selling M-16’s to Mexican drug lords probably nothing will be done about this either.
I guess it goes without saying that if the same reports were percolating during a GOP administration it would be wall-to-wall reports on every available news outlet.
Is Ben Rhodes now writing ISIS assessments?
Oh, Obama will be fine. Some general officer will hang. Possibly have to sit before a congressional committee and get his career handed to him in a very public manner.
The administration will deny and side-step and then the dog and pony show will be complete.
I Have a question.... IF ... IF we had an actual traitor in charge of the whitehouse.... What kind of actions would he make happen to allow him the most effectiveness without generating action against him???
Now compare and contrast your scenarios with what the current commander and chief is doing...
Military should go on strike over this.
These people are putting military lives at unnecessary risk.
I would not advise any young person to go into the military at this point. Their own government is their biggest risk.
I retired from the military after 21 years of service in 1995. Since then I've been working as a court stenographer for the Department of the Army in the civil service.
I would not and do not advise any young person to join the military any more. In fact, I have actively argued against it to youngsters and their families who have been positively thinking about doing so.
In the old days, there wasn't a more positive supporter of military service than I, seeing it as to their benefit to gain discipline and a skill.
No longer ...
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