Operation Inherent Resolve

Bad Intel, Who Likes the Deal

[Wednesday’s] New York Times reports that the Pentagon’s inspector general has launched an investigation into the possible manipulation of intelligence data from Iraq. No, this has nothing to do with Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction and George Bush’s decision to go to war. This investigation is attempting to determine whether “skewed intelligence assessments” are providing “a more optimistic account of progress” against ISIS. That is a shocking revelation.

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