[PJ Media] From the first moments President Obama took office, he has downplayed threats from radical Islamists. He was elected based on his promise to bring the troops home. He was reelected after claiming that al -Qaeda was "decimated." Al-Qaeda was nothing of the sort. And while the United States withdrew from the Middle East, an even darker and more heinous threat filled the void.Photo depicts President Lyndon B. Johnson examining a model of the Khe Sanh area in February 1968.
It's been known for over a year that the administration is downplaying the threat posed by ISIS.
Even as Pentagon spokesmen were painting a rosy picture of the coalition's progress, the terrorists were gaining huge swaths of territory in Iraq and Syria, leaving a horrifying path of destruction in their wake.
Now, an IG investigation is looking into whether the ISIS analysis was purposefully distorted.
According to the New York Times, "the Pentagon's inspector general is investigating allegations that military officials have skewed intelligence assessments about the United States-led campaign in Iraq against the Islamic State to provide a more optimistic account of progress...."
The investigation began after at least one civilian Defense Intelligence Agency analyst told the authorities that he had evidence that officials at United States Central Command -- the military headquarters overseeing the American bombing campaign and other efforts against the Islamic State -- were improperly reworking the conclusions of intelligence assessments prepared for policy makers, including President Obama, the government officials said.
A friend of former Defense Intelligence Agency Director, General Mike Flynn at the 'Silver Bullet' aka DIA possibly ?
Apparently -- if you believe the New York Times' spin
That certainly wouldn't be the Klingon Inspector General because no one has yet been appointed by the White House. A rather telling factoid I'd say.