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Obama Admits U.S. Intelligence Didn’t See ISIS Coming

posted by n1 on Monday September 29 2014, @03:13PM   Printer-friendly
from the wasn't-looking,-too-busy-listening dept.

AnonTechie writes:

Time reports on statements made by President Obama during an interview:

When asked about comments by the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, who has said the U.S. overestimated the ability and will of the Iraqi military to fight the extremist group, Obama said, “That’s true,” Mr. Obama said. “That’s absolutely true.”

Obama had already admitted that the rise of ISIS took the U.S. by surprise. “I think that there is no doubt that their advance, their movement over the last several months has been more rapid than the intelligence estimates and I think the expectations of policymakers both in and outside of Iraq,”

Statement by the President on Iraq: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/08/09/statement-president-iraq

 
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  • (Score: 1) by chewbacon on Monday September 29 2014, @04:16PM

    by chewbacon (1032) on Monday September 29 2014, @04:16PM (#99655)

    Great, the struggle for privacy continues with a new argument. He might as well have said:

    "We didn't see them coming and it's everyone else is at fault -- especially the republicans -- for not letting us spy on everyone."

    ...because that's how some people will see it. The terrorists are winning, we are pissing away the rights that made us free and it's because the majority is fucking terrified.

  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by isostatic on Monday September 29 2014, @04:31PM

    by isostatic (365) on Monday September 29 2014, @04:31PM (#99658) Journal

    Land of the downtrodden, home of the wimp

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 30 2014, @03:53AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 30 2014, @03:53AM (#99892)

      Land of the craven, home of the slave.

  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Monday September 29 2014, @04:50PM

    by kaszz (4211) on Monday September 29 2014, @04:50PM (#99670) Journal

    The problem is perhaps not collection but comprehension of what has been collected. The downside of collecting everything is that there will be a lot of irrelevant information that may block your view from the important issues.