More than a decade after charges that intelligence was manipulated in the Iraq War, last week, The Daily Beast broke the news that 50 U.S. intelligence analysts have signed a formal complaint. Their work, they say, is being improperly manipulated in order to paint a false picture of another war into which the U.S. could easily become more involved.

The allegation is that top military brass and Obama administration national security officials have been sugar-coating the situation in the fight against the Islamic State. The analysts would pass up the chain reports that reflected the grim situation on the ground. But by the time senior officials were done with those reports, they reflected a much rosier imaginary world.