Republican Congressman Mike Pompeo has said that the US Central Command's most senior intelligence leaders manipulated the command's intelligence products to downplay the threat from ISIS.
A congressional joint task force investigating allegations of intelligence manipulation at U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) regarding the fight against ISIS released its report on Thursday.
This report comes after a several months investigation by the task force, which was comprised of Pompeo, Congressman Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) and Congressman Ken Calvert (R-CA).
Commenting on the report, Pompeo said it is very clear that from the middle of 2014 to the middle of 2015, U.S. Central Command's most senior intelligence leaders manipulated the command's intelligence products to downplay the threat from ISIS in Iraq. As a result, consumers of those intelligence products were provided a consistently 'rosy' view of U.S. operational success against ISIS. That may well have resulted in putting American troops at risk as policymakers relied on this intelligence when formulating policy and allocating resources for the fight, Pompeo said.
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