Politicizing Intelligence

The politicization of intelligence by the Obama administration continues apace.

Last month it was Syria: an authorized “leak” to the Associated Press claiming that “President Bashar Assad commands a formidable army” and “has assembled a highly professional, 330,000-man army plus reserves.” The purpose of this game was to persuade the press and the American people that helping the Syrian opposition was senseless, for Assad was just too strong. The briefers simply overlooked all the evidence that Assad can rely solely on Alawite officers and troops, who are relatively few in number and now stretched thin by rebellions all over Syria.