Intelligence: Do You Want That With Lies?
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htintel/20160218.aspx
February 18, 2016:
The U.S. government has yet another intelligence scandal on its hands. It’s an old complaint, one that became common during the Cold War. In short the president and his staff do not agree with intelligence reports relating to ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) and have frequently (and quietly) ordered them modified to conform with the more optimistic assessment the president wants. In response dozens of intelligence analysts and managers began complaining more and more, often to the media, that the intel reports the government was passing out were false but no one had the guts or clout to shut down this censorship program.
This sort of thing has long been a problem with intelligence agencies and it became acute during the Cold War.
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Mad Poet Strikes Again.
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