Obama insists he wants truth from intelligence reports
- 9 years ago
President Obama said he doesn't think his intelligence advisers are giving him a "rosy" assessment of the U.S. military campaign against the Islamic State, but he's nevertheless ordered a review to find out if he's getting the truth.
The president said he has ordered Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to "get to the bottom" of whether intelligence reports have been scrubbed to give him a more positive view of developments in Syria and Iraq, where a U.S.-led coalition is battling the extremist group.
The New York Times reported Sunday that the inspector general is investigating allegations that significant changes were made to reports from analysts at the U.S. Central Command, known as Centcom, about the military's failures.
The Defense Department has expanded the investigation in recent weeks, seizing emails and documents and comparing them to other assessments from the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency and others, the Times reported.
The president said he has ordered Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to "get to the bottom" of whether intelligence reports have been scrubbed to give him a more positive view of developments in Syria and Iraq, where a U.S.-led coalition is battling the extremist group.
The New York Times reported Sunday that the inspector general is investigating allegations that significant changes were made to reports from analysts at the U.S. Central Command, known as Centcom, about the military's failures.
The Defense Department has expanded the investigation in recent weeks, seizing emails and documents and comparing them to other assessments from the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency and others, the Times reported.