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US Central Command skewed intel on the Islamic State to present “more optimistic” view to the public

Aug 11, 2016 1:45 pm By Robert Spencer

This is not the first time that this administration has been caught skewing data about the Islamic State to make it appear as if U.S. efforts against it have been more successful than they really have been. This administration doesn’t care about defeating the Islamic State. It cares about appearing to be defeating the Islamic State, so that the political establishment can maintain itself in power despite its catastrophic failures on so many fronts.

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“House probe: Central Command reports skewed intel on ISIS fight,” Fox News, August 11, 2016:

Intelligence reports produced by U.S. Central Command that tracked the Islamic State’s 2014-15 rise in Iraq and Syria were skewed to present a rosier picture of the situation on the ground, according to a bombshell report released Thursday by a House Republican task force.

The task force investigated a Defense Department whistleblower’s allegations that higher-ups manipulated analysts’ findings to make the campaign against ISIS appear more successful to the American public.

The report concluded that intelligence reports from Central Command were, in fact, “inconsistent with the judgments of many senior, career analysts.”

Further, the report found, “these products also consistently described U.S. actions in a more positive light than other assessments from the [intelligence community] and were typically more optimistic than actual events warranted.”

Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., who was involved in the House report, said Thursday the data was clearly “manipulated.”

“They wanted to tell a story that ISIS was the JV, that we had Al Qaeda on the run,” he told Fox News. “This is incredibly dangerous. We haven’t seen this kind of manipulation of intelligence … in an awfully long time.”

It is unclear how high up the reports in question went, though the task force found “many” Central Command press releases, statements and testimonies were “significantly more positive than actual events” as well.

The joint task force report blamed “structural and management changes” at the CENTCOM Intelligence Directorate starting in mid-2014 for the intelligence products. Surveys provided to the task force, according to the report, showed 40 percent of analysts later claimed they “had experienced an attempt to distort or suppress intelligence.”

The report also said senior leaders relied on details from coalition forces rather than “more objective and documented intelligence reporting,” using this as a rationale to change reports – sometimes “in a more optimistic direction.”…

However, spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Patrick L. Evans said the intelligence community assessments are “based on multifaceted data related to the current security environment.”

“Experts sometimes disagree on the interpretation of complex data, and the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense welcome healthy dialogue on these vital national security topics,” he said in a statement.

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Filed Under: Featured, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh), United States, Useful idiots, willful ignorance Tagged With: U.S. Central Command


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  1. Islamorefugee says

    Aug 11, 2016 at 2:00 pm

    Barak HUSSEIN Obama !!!!!

    • Rufolino says

      Aug 12, 2016 at 1:51 pm

      And if Mrs.Clinton gets in it will be the dawn of a new Age of Despair.

  2. Rick Spencer says

    Aug 11, 2016 at 2:22 pm

    I wonder who’s supplying all the new Toyota vehicles? Many manufactured in the USA, one can assume!

    • Carmel says

      Aug 11, 2016 at 11:12 pm

      Toyota are good cars and trucks.. I have had Honda’s and Nissan two . I have kept all the bills . I can show you exactly wha t a Honda , Nissan and Toyota fille look like compared one to another in number of bills and in total $ for same period . The eye see it at first glance.

      Beside , I would think it is recommended too , because I read somewhere that R. Spencer drive one too. He seems to keep them longer than me , though .

      Some may find it interesting to know that Obama’s administration wrote to Toyota to see if there would not be an electronic device in their products that could be activated by a satellite so to stop all ISIS Toyota trucks by a simple switch. Unfortunately , it was not the case. At least , then . 2 or 3 years ago .

      Many of you will notice that every evening , on tv news, we can see ISIS or Farc or any gang in Pakistan , South America , Mexico or South or Central America and they , most of the time , use Toyota pick-up trucks.

      I wrote personaly to Toyota telling them this was not giving a good image of the company . They could at least , maybe , have the logo Toyota written smaller on the back . At once, Toyota and gangs are associated in one’s mind . It is not a good association.

  3. Moses says

    Aug 11, 2016 at 2:22 pm

    Judging from the Toyota land cruisers from the picture above US Obama gave ISIS a lot of money.Like Trump said Obama is the founder of Isis Hillary being the co founder.

  4. Veritas says

    Aug 11, 2016 at 2:24 pm

    In war, truth is the first casualty.

    • Nigel GFF says

      Aug 12, 2016 at 7:22 am

      https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/aug/12/report-stringent-id-checks-cordons-electoral-fraud-pickles

      “Rahman was found guilty of multiple charges of corruption and kicked out of office last year. He and his allies were found to have used vote-rigging and religious intimidation through local imams to return him to power.”

      In a PC world “truth is the first casualty”. “…religious intimidation through local imams…” and that’s as as near to Islam an Muslims as you’ll get.

      (The burkini ban on Cannes beaches and the language used i.e. ‘supremacist’ display, is a small beacon of hope).

  5. Michael Johnson says

    Aug 11, 2016 at 2:44 pm

    This causes one to ask does the government really care about our safety and security

    • Kathy Brown, Esq. says

      Aug 12, 2016 at 2:19 am

      I beg your pardon Michael. There is no need to ‘ask’ if ‘the gov’t. care[s] about our safety.’ Instead, it has been crystal clear for quite some time that the Obama ‘gov’t.’ cares not one whit about that.

      This ‘bombshell’ report? A surprise only to those w/o any functioning grey matter.

      Dear God, let us elect Trump, and speed the day.

      • Hindu American says

        Aug 12, 2016 at 7:27 am

        Unfortunately (and I hope I am wrong), if and when elected, Trump will mellow down and become more mainstream.

        Our leaders have sold us out in exchange for “peace” which is just an illusion. Western leaders appeased Hitler and look what happened. Europe, and to some extent US, will do anything to avoid confrontation with the islamists. Muslims know this and are playing with our fears and emotions. The left and the liberals along with the neo-Chamberlains are only hoping that they are the last ones left unaffected once the muslims start their next round of holocaust.

        Sad. Fool me once…shame on you…fool me twice…oh well.

    • Carolyne says

      Aug 12, 2016 at 9:43 am

      Michael Johnson–The answer is a resounding, “NO.”

  6. gravenimage says

    Aug 11, 2016 at 2:50 pm

    US Central Command skewed intel on the Islamic State to present “more optimistic” view to the public
    ………………….

    More grotesque whitewash…

  7. Angemon says

    Aug 11, 2016 at 7:23 pm

    Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., who was involved in the House report, said Thursday the data was clearly “manipulated.”

    “They wanted to tell a story that ISIS was the JV, that we had Al Qaeda on the run,” he told Fox News.

    Imagine that. Can’t have sheik Hussein looking bad, can we?

    • Carolyne says

      Aug 12, 2016 at 9:45 am

      I’d love to have Obama and Kerry “On the run.”

  8. Carmel says

    Aug 11, 2016 at 11:42 pm

    Many of you might be interested by one of my latest discovery . Last week , I watch
    Nabeel Qureschi videos on YT . They are produced by BIOLA UNIVERSITY . It is a kind of Introduction course to Islam . There are many things you already know and some new things too. In all, 6or 7 videos , about one hour each , with all sources etc.. It is a good overlook on the subject .The videos were posted on July 2016 so it is newly release but the Islam 101 course was held in 2012. May help someone .

    • Carmel says

      Aug 11, 2016 at 11:43 pm

      I have no links to Biola University , Mr Qureschi or any one around the organisation of these videos . I live in eastern America.

    • Hindu American says

      Aug 12, 2016 at 7:30 am

      I hope RS will counter these so called training videos with facts and post them on YT.

  9. Johan Elzinga says

    Aug 12, 2016 at 1:20 pm

    No surprise rhat the politicians are not eager to tell the public what is really going on. The weapons industry thrives, billions and billions of weapons are being sold. There is no good reason to stop this conflict while it is so profitable. The gains are used to buy the politicians, no one will stay the same when offered those millions as a bribe. Please do not tell me that this is not the case. Democrates and republicans alike are sucked into these conflicts and do not say a word about the weapons deals with questionable countries such as Qatar. Instead, we will have our football championships there. Only Trump has rebelled against the very expensive warfare by the US abroad so far as I know.

  10. Carolyne says

    Aug 12, 2016 at 8:07 pm

    I believe that with the election of Hussein Obama, this country went through a coup d’état of which the general public was unaware. It appears that everything is corrupt; the IRS, the BLM, SSA, the Dept of State and the Office of the President, the military, DOJ and the FBI as well as many other government agencies. People were threatened and murdered. Obama has become a dictator with no regard to the legality of his executive orders or the Constitutionality of his actions and those rules issued by his corrupt agencies. Our country is run by crooks who grabbed power with both hands and are now in their control. It doesn’t matter if Trump wins the election. Because the Democrat elite have control of the poling places, Hillary Clinton will be declared the winner in November.

    It is no surprise that the Central Command has lied about fighting ISIS. Obama’s goal is the Islamization of the US because he is a Muslim and it is his duty. Hillary Clinton is for sale to the highest bidder and it appears that the highest bidder was Saudi Arabia.

  11. Islamorefugee says

    Aug 13, 2016 at 1:25 am

    All circumstantial evidence points to that apprehension.
    With one HUSSEIN in command and another sold out slave woman owned by the most notorious and proud slave trader in history , out to fulfill their commitments of destroying America ‘from within ‘ on behalf of their masters, one has no other option but to look at , helplessly.
    No longer one can hope to observe that Human Dignity stands supreme in all social and political domains. Hardly one could have got it even in his/her nightmare that this will be the plight of America that gave the world ,and enshrined in it , the concept of LIBERTY . We saw the Free World in it for the first time in history . What a wonderful Republic was it ,as shaped by its Founding fathers ( All Whites ,of course).!!!!!!!
    Now Hitory perhaps standing at its Nadir .
    It never ends ,anyway. It evolves only
    What a sorry state of affairs that we stand to witness after the proud proclamation of ‘The End Of History.

  12. Islamorefugee says

    Aug 13, 2016 at 1:27 am

    RESISTANCE WORLD-WIDE !!!!!

  13. Jake Holan says

    Aug 13, 2016 at 8:00 am

    Firstly, after almost 8 years I don’t believe anything this Administration declares or attests too. It is sub-par to the Nixon Administration. In those days, however we had professional adversarial and investigative Journalists, not a propaganda organ for the Regime. It’s unbelievably sad and worst of all these goofs see nothing wrong in what they’re doing.
    What scares me and should scare every American, is the Man who ‘negotiated’ the ‘Iran Deal’ thinks Our greatest threat today is not ISIS but Air Conditioning and Refrigerators. I’m sure at the Heinz homes where John Kerry currently resides they own only the biggest (greatest output least efficient) and best AC and Refrigerators. Don’t forget he flies his hair stylist in from California once a week alone on a private jet to cut his has hair. John Kerry, it’s all those paeans below you creating Climate Change, Carbon footprints and the ‘Great Danger’ Greater than ISIS, Chinese and Russians. GET RID OF THESE CRACK POTS ALREADY!
    If Obama had a business, I have no doubt he would be cooking the books for the IRS and it he was CEO of a Public Company by sleight of hand he’d be suggesting to the Accountants and Controller each Quarter to improve the numbers for the filing and end of the quarter reporting so as not to disappoint stock holders. This is what the best and brightest have become, Crackpots or gray shadows manipulating numbers behind the scenes for appearances only

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