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Warnings about politicized ISIS intel went all the way to ODNI
2016-02-17
[Hot Air] Until now, the focus of the probe into politically skewed intel analyses pertaining to ISIS has been on CENTCOM, the subject of a Defense Department Inspector General investigation. The probe has already revealed that analysts got rebuked for submitting pessimistic reports, e-mailed to "cut it out," in order to support the Obama administration's rosy projections about the fight against the terrorist quasi-state. Now, however, the Daily Beast's Shane Harris and Nancy Youssef report that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence heard from analysts complaining about political pressure on their work and did nothing about it:

The complaints, lodged by analysts at U.S. Central Command in 2015, are separate from allegations that analysts made to the Defense Department inspector general, who is now investigating "whether there was any falsification, distortion, delay, suppression, or improper modification of intelligence information" by the senior officials that run CENTCOM's intelligence group.

This second set of accusations, which have not been previously reported, were made to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). They show that the officials charged with overseeing all U.S. intelligence activities were aware, through their own channels, of potential problems with the integrity of information on ISIS, some of which made its way to President Obama.

The analysts have said that they believe their reports were altered for political reasons, namely to adhere to Obama administration officials' public statements that the U.S.-led campaign against ISIS is making progress and has put a dent in the group's financing and operations.
Posted by:Besoeker

#7  #1, iff you're thinking GLUP as in the Cold War-era Soviet/USSR GLUP agency, you could be right.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2016-02-17 22:24  

#6  ODNI doesn't have any line authority.
Posted by: Pappy   2016-02-17 13:31  

#5  Strange how there haven't been any email issues reported.
Posted by: gorb   2016-02-17 12:08  

#4  Well, Clapper wouldn't lie again, would he?
Posted by: Frank G   2016-02-17 08:46  

#3  improper modification of intelligence information" by the senior officials that run CENTCOM's intelligence group.

Years ago there were SES level liaison reps (1 each) from DIA and CIA on the staff at CENTCOM. I'm pretty sure the CENTCOM G2 didn't have any input to their report cards. Probably wouldn't be too difficult to shape the tenor of the G2's collection management effort....if necessary.
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-02-17 08:33  

#2  In this administration, only the whistle blowers go to jail.
Posted by: jvalentour   2016-02-17 08:19  

#1  GULP
Posted by: newc   2016-02-17 03:29  

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