Obama says he’s made clear he doesn’t want ‘feel good’ intelligence on Iraq and Islamic State
President Barack Obama says he has repeatedly made clear to intelligence officials that they should never shade their assessments to produce a "feel good story." Obama was asked at a news conference in Malaysia about a New York Times report that said military analysts felt their supervisors were eager to paint a more optimistic picture […]President Barack Obama says he has repeatedly made clear to intelligence officials that they should never shade their assessments to produce a "feel good story."
Obama was asked at a news conference in Malaysia about a New York Times report that said military analysts felt their supervisors were eager to paint a more optimistic picture than warranted about training Iraqi troops and combating the Islamic State. Obama says he's made clear that "I never want them to hold back." He said he has left it up to the inspector general to determine what has happened.
