The Pentagon has erupted in “revolt” amid claims from 50 intelligence analysts that senior defense officials manipulated intelligence reports to downplay the severity of the Islamic State’s increasing upper-hand in the Middle East. According to allegations made in an official complaint with the Department of Defense Inspector General, the officers in question doctored reports — among other things […]
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Rebels Without a Clue: US “Intelligence” Doctored to Reflect Spin on ISIL
September 11th, 2015 Awake Goy
Following the news that all 54 “moderate” Syrian rebels the Pentagon had spent $42 million training were captured, killed, or defected to ISIL as soon as they were deployed, 50 intelligence analysts with US CENTCOM have formally complained that their reports on ISIL and al Qaeda’s Syrian branch had been distorted in accordance with US officials’ intent to depict the extremist groups as weaker […]