[Brad from Tennessee]

Yeah, why would a bunch of bureaucrats deliberately fictionalize their intelligence product on their own? It makes no sense. The slant of the article may be an indication that a few mid-level supervisors are about to be sacrificed. Just like Benghazi.

[antidisestablishment]

“Yeah, why would a bunch of bureaucrats deliberately fictionalize their intelligence product on their own? “

Ever heard of the echo chamber effect? It is amplified exponentially in the classified world due to the size of the audience. It is not an Obama conspiracy, though Obama’s policies have markedly increased the effects. The echo chamber is the primary reason that intel organizations often rely on outsiders for analysis.

Everyone wants to look good. Firsthand BDA is always wildly optimistic—analysis is supposed to bring it back to reality. An unspoken agenda to make the war effort look good is implicit in the current environment. I think it is inevitable: Propaganda is the last resort of poor strategy.

[Eagles6]

Yep. This is to provide cover for soebarkho's non war against isis.

I'm sure that he'll be outraged when he reads about it in the newspaper.

[silverleaf]

It was not mid level

However I don’t understand why military intelligence had to be prostituted to become a vessel of the WH spin machine..... Surely Brennan at CIA could have churned that