Intel leader confirms probe into the skewing of ISIS data

A top defense official has acknowledged an inspector general probe into the manipulation of intelligence data.

The investigation “will play itself out,” Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart said on Thursday at a conference for intelligence officials. He said that if officials had done something wrong, “we will be better as a result.” Vincent serves as the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. His admission follows a Wednesday story that 50 intelligence analysts had their reports on the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria improperly altered by their superiors to portray the terrorist group as weaker than it is.