Posted on 09/10/2015 10:00:03 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Trouble is brewing at US Central Command (Centcom), the Pentagon's agency covering security interests in nations throughout the Middle East and Central Asia.
According to a report from The Daily Beast, more than 50 intelligence analysts at Centcom have formally complained that reports on the Islamic State and the Nusra Front — Al Qaeda's Syria branch — have been repeatedly altered by senior intelligence officials to fit with the Obama administration's insistence that the US is winning the war against the two militant groups.
Former CIA deputy director Michael Morrell explained on "CBS This Morning" how serious these allegations are.
"One of the central tenants, one of the key aspects of the policymaking process in the United States is that analysts get to say what they think without any interference, without anybody changing it, so this is a very, very serious charge. I think it needs to be fully investigated," Morrell said.
"If there is truth that somebody has been meddling with their analysis, I think somebody needs to lose their job over it, and there needs to be full transparency into this because it is so important that analysts be able to say what they really think."
A written complaint was sent in July by two Centcom senior analysts to the Department of Defense Inspector General, an independent agency that provides oversight to the Department of Defense.
The complaint was supported by 50 other analysts, according to The Daily Beast.
The Daily Beast published similar allegations last month, citing sources familiar with the terrorism assessments who said senior military and intelligence officials pushed analysts to portray ISIS "as weaker than the analysts believe it actually is" and "paint an overly rosy picture about how well the US-led effort to defeat the group is going."
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Right to the oval orifice.(sp)
That’s what we’ve been saying. But the HOR won’t start impeachment hearings.
bttt
“Well color me shocked, how did that get through the censor’s?”
I would dare say that the “censor” has lost his job, while people in the administration who ignored these reports will be promoted.
Is anyone surprised?
Mike Morell is right, HERE, but hes in Hillarys camp and was the author of the Videotape Did It talking point revisions.
MM is a hypocrite and a criminal.
Fired? How about tried for Treason?
If I were to alter an official federal govt document, without authorization, resulting in a falsified document being submitted, it would be 5 years in prison if I got off lightly.
Why is everyone in this administration getting away with literal murder? The entire judicial branch needs to be 100% insulated from all political everything. No appointments by either the executive or legislative branches. They should be the “Jedi” guild answering only to the constitution and laws, not regulations.
Modifying the analysts results? Ignoring facts and dissenting opinion is what liberals do. They should have just hired fiction writers instead.
Had a CEO once that gave out the 11th commandment: don’t BS youself. Too bad the regime follow such a concept.
Somebody should refer this guy to Obama's promise to fundamentally change the country. This is one of the things he's changing.
You mean the problem isn’t a YouTube video trailer?
Shocked I tell you! Shocked! /s
5.56mm
Arrest VJ and hold her on ice for a month.
The center of all corruption in the USA is VJ, the PuppetMaster.
OBAMA TELLS THE GENERALS WHAT HE WANTS IN THE REPORTS.... SIMPLE AS THAT..
ALL THE GOOD GENERALS HAVE QUIT OR GOT FIRED ALREADY...
Anyone think this is Hillary’s counterstrike?
This one is growing legs...
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