Uncle Ben
Well-Known Member
Investigation has been going on since September. Obama has "shaven" numbers to look like we are making progress, as ISIS continued to grow in powers, numbers, and scope. Same accusations about the numbers with the Taliban. Were those numbers "cooked"?
This is some serious stuff, total dishonesty and mistrust aside.
When we the people lie to the IRS, it's against the law. When a politician lies, it's just politics as usual.
"On Monday’s Morning Joe, the show’s panel discussed the state of internal documents regarding the growing threat of the Islamic State. In the wake of reports that particular documents may have been altered discussing the rise of ISIS in recent years, co-host Joe Scarborough discussed the relationship between the Obama administration’s narrative and intelligence documents.
Mika Brzezinski cited a New York Times article, saying “Over the summer analysts went to the Inspector General claiming to have evidence that their superiors doctored the reports to show greater progress from U.S. airstrikes. But what we don’t know is if those reports swayed the Obama administration in it’s approach to ISIS—” http://www.mediaite.com/tv/morning-joe-panel-admits-obama-narrative-likely-swayed-cooked-books-isis-reports/
Did the Pentagon Cook the Books on Its Afghanistan Intel?
Lawmakers are probing whether senior U.S. military officers skewed intelligence reports about Afghanistan, raising new questions about whether policymakers can trust the accuracy of the Pentagon’s assessments of the nation’s wars.
The investigation, which has not been reported previously, adds a new dimension to the politically explosive scandal hanging over the military’s Central Command, where top officers stand accused of deliberately skewing their analysis of the campaign against the Islamic State to exaggerate successes while downplaying serious setbacks.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/11/19/did-the-pentagon-cook-the-books-on-its-afghanistan-intel/
This is some serious stuff, total dishonesty and mistrust aside.
When we the people lie to the IRS, it's against the law. When a politician lies, it's just politics as usual.
"On Monday’s Morning Joe, the show’s panel discussed the state of internal documents regarding the growing threat of the Islamic State. In the wake of reports that particular documents may have been altered discussing the rise of ISIS in recent years, co-host Joe Scarborough discussed the relationship between the Obama administration’s narrative and intelligence documents.
Mika Brzezinski cited a New York Times article, saying “Over the summer analysts went to the Inspector General claiming to have evidence that their superiors doctored the reports to show greater progress from U.S. airstrikes. But what we don’t know is if those reports swayed the Obama administration in it’s approach to ISIS—” http://www.mediaite.com/tv/morning-joe-panel-admits-obama-narrative-likely-swayed-cooked-books-isis-reports/
Did the Pentagon Cook the Books on Its Afghanistan Intel?
Lawmakers are probing whether senior U.S. military officers skewed intelligence reports about Afghanistan, raising new questions about whether policymakers can trust the accuracy of the Pentagon’s assessments of the nation’s wars.
The investigation, which has not been reported previously, adds a new dimension to the politically explosive scandal hanging over the military’s Central Command, where top officers stand accused of deliberately skewing their analysis of the campaign against the Islamic State to exaggerate successes while downplaying serious setbacks.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/11/19/did-the-pentagon-cook-the-books-on-its-afghanistan-intel/
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