Analysts at U.S. Central Command were pressured to ease off negative assessments about the Islamic State threat and were even told in an email to “cut it out,” Fox News has learned – as an investigation expands into whether intelligence reports were altered to present a more positive picture.
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.
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5 comments:
if it wasn't apparent that Obama is a traitor before. It is becoming more and more evident as each day passes that he belongs in prison for treason
same old story...illegal activities and attempt to destroy evidence...just going to cost more money and in the end, nothing will be done.
There's a story ↑ up there ↑
"Poll: 1 in 5 Americans Trusts The Government"
This is just one more reason for that.
Political correctness is killing this country, literally.
I would like to know who gave the directives and how far does it go into the Obama Administration. I'm not sure if this is a face saving measure or if it ties into the other report that the President tends to ignore advice and reports that he doesn't like.
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