DISTORTING MILITARY SUCCESSES
While I was researching school shooting cove-ups, the Pentagon’s Inspector General began
investigating allegations that U.S. military officers corrupting intelligence
assessments to make the campaign against Daesh (ISIL) look more successful than
they actually were. Members of the press, including the New York Times, have reported the investigation.
According to the
media, the investigation began after a Defense Intelligence Agency analyst
provided the Pentagon with evidence showing the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM)
has inflated the success of our policy against Daesh. The false reports were
given to U.S. policymakers at all levels, including President Barack Obama.
Government
officials familiar with the inquiry told the New York Times that
CENTCOM commanders improperly rewrote the conclusions of some reports to
provide a more optimistic account of progress in the fight.
A directive by the
Office of the Director of National Intelligence, that oversees all 17 U.S.
intelligence agencies, bars “distortion” of analytical assessments by
particular agendas or policies.
Similar distortions
of enemy happened in Vietnam when military intelligence understated enemy
strength and overstated U.S. successes in eliminating the Viet Cong. (To be continued)
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