Fact-check: “The Obama administration did not alter the assessments of U.S. intelligence analysts to downplay the threat of ISIS in Iraq.”
Verdict: Misleading (62% confidence)
The claim is technically defensible at the White House level — no evidence shows Obama himself or senior administration officials directed CENTCOM to soften ISIS assessments, and the DoD IG's 2017 report found no 'systematic or intentional distortion' by CENTCOM J2 leaders. But the claim is misleading because the same IG investigation, a House Republican task force, and a DNI annual survey all documented that CENTCOM's senior intelligence leaders did alter and 'soften' analytic products to pres…
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