Eine am 10. August veröffentlichte Untersuchung des US-Repräsentantenhauses kommt zu dem Ergebnis, das US-Zentralkommando (CENTCOM) habe systematisch seine „Erfolge“ im Krieg gegen den Islamischen Staat (IS) geschönt: „Based on its own investigation, the Joint Task Force has substantiated that structural and management changes made at the CENTCOM Intelligence Directorate starting in mid-2014 resulted in the production and dissemination of intelligence products that were inconsistent with the judgments of many senior, career analysts at CENTCOM. These products were consistently more optimistic regarding the conduct of U.S. military action than that of the senior analysts.” (jw)
