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Source: Obama given detailed intelligence for a year about rise of ISIS

>" President Obama was given detailed and specific intelligence about the rise of the Islamic State as part of his daily briefing for at least a year before the group seized large swaths of territory over the summer, a former Pentagon official told Fox News.

The official -- who asked not to be identified because the President's Daily Brief is considered the most authoritative, classified intelligence community product analyzing sensitive international events for the president -- said the data was strong and "granular" in detail.

The source said a policymaker "could not come away with any other impression: This is getting bad."

Obama, unlike his predecessors who traditionally had the document briefed to them, is known to personally read the daily brief. The former Pentagon official, who has knowledge of the process, said Obama generally was not known to come back to the intelligence community with further requests for information based on the daily report..."<

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Source: Obama given detailed intelligence for a year about rise of ISIS | Fox News


Incompetence is one thing, it's expected, Obama is nothing more than a community organiser. But dereliction of duty as CnC :eek: Dereliction of duty falls under United States Code Title 10 § 892. Article 92

"ISIS is JV."

Obama has been informed of ISIS for over a year and he doesn't have a strategy yet to deal with ISIS ?
 
Source: Obama given detailed intelligence for a year about rise of ISIS

So? And what is ISIS? In 2004, ISIL was recognized by the State Department as a Foreign Terrorist organization, and nothing was done about it then, and no one on the right stressed about it. In May 2014, ISIS was added by the SD as an alias of ISIL. Basically the group has existed since at least 2004. I don't see why it is more of an imminent threat now than it has been for a decade.

12/17/2004 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (formerly al-Qa’ida in Iraq)
Foreign Terrorist Organizations

ISIS added as an alias of ISIL.
Terrorist Designations of Groups Operating in Syria
 
So? And what is ISIS? In 2004, ISIL was recognized by the State Department as a Foreign Terrorist organization, and nothing was done about it then, and no one on the right stressed about it. In May 2014, ISIS was added by the SD as an alias of ISIL. Basically the group has existed since at least 2004. I don't see why it is more of an imminent threat now than it has been for a decade.

12/17/2004 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (formerly al-Qa’ida in Iraq)
Foreign Terrorist Organizations

ISIS added as an alias of ISIL.
Terrorist Designations of Groups Operating in Syria

Back in 2004 G.W. Bush was POTUS and Al Qaeda and Islamist radicals were being decimated and were on the run.

Any thing else ?
 
Back in 2004 G.W. Bush was POTUS and Al Qaeda and Islamist radicals were being decimated and were on the run.

Any thing else ?

Yes, in 2004, W. Bush was POTUS; he got distracted from the pursuit of Osama, so what is your proof that Al Qaeda and Islamist radicals were being decimated and on the run during his administration? It seems to me that Obama has utilized drones and gone after Al Qaeda more so than W. Bush.
 
Yes, in 2004, W. Bush was POTUS; he got distracted from the pursuit of Osama, so what is your proof that Al Qaeda and Islamist radicals were being decimated and on the run during his administration? It seems to me that Obama has utilized drones and gone after Al Qaeda more so than W. Bush.

By 2004 Osama bin Laden was forced into early retirement, he was so hot he had to go into hiding. OBL was a nobody after his assesses were confiscated by the Obama administration, he could no longer finance any more terrorist attacks on America.

The left thought Al Qaeda and the war against terrorism was all about Bin Laden. :lamo

What's even worst is that the left including the Obama administration politicized the war against Al Qaeda and all of it's splinter groups.
 
Source: Obama given detailed intelligence for a year about rise of ISIS

>" President Obama was given detailed and specific intelligence about the rise of the Islamic State as part of his daily briefing for at least a year before the group seized large swaths of territory over the summer, a former Pentagon official told Fox News.

The official -- who asked not to be identified because the President's Daily Brief is considered the most authoritative, classified intelligence community product analyzing sensitive international events for the president -- said the data was strong and "granular" in detail.

The source said a policymaker "could not come away with any other impression: This is getting bad."

Obama, unlike his predecessors who traditionally had the document briefed to them, is known to personally read the daily brief. The former Pentagon official, who has knowledge of the process, said Obama generally was not known to come back to the intelligence community with further requests for information based on the daily report..."<

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Source: Obama given detailed intelligence for a year about rise of ISIS | Fox News


Incompetence is one thing, it's expected, Obama is nothing more than a community organiser. But dereliction of duty as CnC :eek: Dereliction of duty falls under United States Code Title 10 § 892. Article 92

"ISIS is JV."

Obama has been informed of ISIS for over a year and he doesn't have a strategy yet to deal with ISIS ?

No, no....he heard about it the same time we did...
 
Yes, in 2004, W. Bush was POTUS; he got distracted from the pursuit of Osama, so what is your proof that Al Qaeda and Islamist radicals were being decimated and on the run during his administration? It seems to me that Obama has utilized drones and gone after Al Qaeda more so than W. Bush.

Then can you explain why Terrorism is up by 59% from 2010 -2013? That Members have increased to over 100k and that attacks have tripled?
 
So? And what is ISIS? In 2004, ISIL was recognized by the State Department as a Foreign Terrorist organization, and nothing was done about it then, and no one on the right stressed about it. In May 2014, ISIS was added by the SD as an alias of ISIL. Basically the group has existed since at least 2004. I don't see why it is more of an imminent threat now than it has been for a decade.

12/17/2004 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (formerly al-Qa’ida in Iraq)
Foreign Terrorist Organizations

ISIS added as an alias of ISIL.
Terrorist Designations of Groups Operating in Syria

Well.....The difference then was they didn't have an Army nor 2 Billion in the bank.
 
Wow you do any thing for your dictator wouldn't you.

Perhaps if your chosen looser in charge had left a base or two in Iraq he could have persisted in using drones their to keep extremist from killing people and expanding. But you and his ilk don't bother learning from history (like WWI) so repeat it at the cost of lives.

Yes, in 2004, W. Bush was POTUS; he got distracted from the pursuit of Osama, so what is your proof that Al Qaeda and Islamist radicals were being decimated and on the run during his administration? It seems to me that Obama has utilized drones and gone after Al Qaeda more so than W. Bush.
 
By 2004 Osama bin Laden was forced into early retirement, he was so hot he had to go into hiding. OBL was a nobody after his assesses were confiscated by the Obama administration, he could no longer finance any more terrorist attacks on America.

The left thought Al Qaeda and the war against terrorism was all about Bin Laden. :lamo

What's even worst is that the left including the Obama administration politicized the war against Al Qaeda and all of it's splinter groups.

Big **** up on my part. It should have read >" OBL was a nobody after his assesses were confiscated by the Bush administration, he could no longer finance any more terrorist attacks on America."<
 
Source: Obama given detailed intelligence for a year about rise of ISIS

>" President Obama was given detailed and specific intelligence about the rise of the Islamic State as part of his daily briefing for at least a year before the group seized large swaths of territory over the summer, a former Pentagon official told Fox News.

The official -- who asked not to be identified because the President's Daily Brief is considered the most authoritative, classified intelligence community product analyzing sensitive international events for the president -- said the data was strong and "granular" in detail.

The source said a policymaker "could not come away with any other impression: This is getting bad."

Obama, unlike his predecessors who traditionally had the document briefed to them, is known to personally read the daily brief. The former Pentagon official, who has knowledge of the process, said Obama generally was not known to come back to the intelligence community with further requests for information based on the daily report..."<

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Source: Obama given detailed intelligence for a year about rise of ISIS | Fox News


Incompetence is one thing, it's expected, Obama is nothing more than a community organiser. But dereliction of duty as CnC :eek: Dereliction of duty falls under United States Code Title 10 § 892. Article 92

"ISIS is JV."

Obama has been informed of ISIS for over a year and he doesn't have a strategy yet to deal with ISIS ?

He knew ISIS was growing...but did he have foreknowledge of ISIS' offensive into northern Iraq? And in the VERY unlikely event that he did, how exactly is this a dereliction of duty since it does not involve Americans or American soil?

Of course, we DID have a president who was repeatedly warned that a certain terrorist was planning a major attack on American soil and flatly ignored those warnings - "Okay, you've covered your ass" was the quote, but we can never blame things on him, can we?
 
He knew ISIS was growing...but did he have foreknowledge of ISIS' offensive into northern Iraq? And in the VERY unlikely event that he did, how exactly is this a dereliction of duty since it does not involve Americans or American soil?

Of course, we DID have a president who was repeatedly warned that a certain terrorist was planning a major attack on American soil and flatly ignored those warnings - "Okay, you've covered your ass" was the quote, but we can never blame things on him, can we?

Heya Glen. :2wave: ISIL was always in Iraq and yes he knew they were growing. Oh and Junior didn't have any specifics like BO had with Benghazi.
 
He knew ISIS was growing...but did he have foreknowledge of ISIS' offensive into northern Iraq? And in the VERY unlikely event that he did, how exactly is this a dereliction of duty since it does not involve Americans or American soil?

Of course, we DID have a president who was repeatedly warned that a certain terrorist was planning a major attack on American soil and flatly ignored those warnings - "Okay, you've covered your ass" was the quote, but we can never blame things on him, can we?

According the the military they don't even know if Obama even reads the daily intelligence reports. Obama never commented or asked any questions about ISIS for over a year.

As the article points out, every POTUS before Obama would be personally briefed every morning by a real member of the military. But I suppose Obama dispises the military so much he doesn't even want them personaly briefing him.

Question is, is Obama that incompetent that he can't comprehend what he's reading or is he just derelict in his duties as CnC and not reading the briefings every morning ?
 
Heya Glen. :2wave: ISIL was always in Iraq and yes he knew they were growing. Oh and Junior didn't have any specifics like BO had with Benghazi.

1. ISIL was not "always in Iraq". They formed when the power vacuum formed.

2. I have no problem with him knowing that "they were growing". Do you really expect the president to say, "I hear there's a terrorist group forming in a nation outside our borders - let's bomb them back into the stone age!"

3. Never mind that even the House Intelligence Committee couldn't find that Obama had any specifics about what was going on in Benghazi before it was too late to do anything about it. But I get it - you know better than the House Intelligence Committee....
 
According the the military they don't even know if Obama even reads the daily intelligence reports. Obama never commented or asked any questions about ISIS for over a year.

And your assumption that he doesn't read the daily intel reports is based on what, exactly? Oh, I forgot - he doesn't have an (R) behind his name, therefore he must not read the reports given to him, huh?

As the article points out, every POTUS before Obama would be personally briefed every morning by a real member of the military. But I suppose Obama dispises the military so much he doesn't even want them personaly briefing him.

And you base this on what, exactly? Oh, I forgot - you despise him, therefore he must despise the military.

Question is, is Obama that incompetent that he can't comprehend what he's reading or is he just derelict in his duties as CnC and not reading the briefings every morning ?

Question is, what's your hard evidence other than your personal belief?
 
1. ISIL was not "always in Iraq". They formed when the power vacuum formed.

2. I have no problem with him knowing that "they were growing". Do you really expect the president to say, "I hear there's a terrorist group forming in a nation outside our borders - let's bomb them back into the stone age!"

3. Never mind that even the House Intelligence Committee couldn't find that Obama had any specifics about what was going on in Benghazi before it was too late to do anything about it. But I get it - you know better than the House Intelligence Committee....


Yes, they formed in Iraq and continued to Operate there after BO dropped the SOFA.

I am sure they could of come up with some flowery prose to gloss things over with while using clandestine operations to effect impact.

That still doesn't change what the Libyans told us 3 days in advance of the attack. Nor does it count the Z mans Video calling for vengeance of al Libi 3 days prior to the attack and specifically calling on Libyans to do so. Quite Specific, unlike when Junior was at the helm.
 
Yes, they formed in Iraq and continued to Operate there after BO dropped the SOFA.

I am sure they could of come up with some flowery prose to gloss things over with while using clandestine operations to effect impact.

That still doesn't change what the Libyans told us 3 days in advance of the attack. Nor does it count the Z mans Video calling for vengeance of al Libi 3 days prior to the attack and specifically calling on Libyans to do so. Quite Specific, unlike when Junior was at the helm.

1. Before Obama ever took office, Bush had agreed on removing U.S. troops from Iraq...and when Obama was negotiating with Iraq, they refused the SOFA we needed in order to keep Iraqi courts from putting our troops on trial. But I guess Obama's a traitor for not forcing the Iraqis from agreeing to the SOFA we required in order for us to remain there.....

2. And I guess you do indeed know more than the Republican-controlled House investigations who could find NO fault in the Obama administration's response to what was going on in Benghazi. Thou Shalt Hate Obama With All Thine Heart For He Is At Fault For All That Is Wrong, huh?
 
1. Before Obama ever took office, Bush had agreed on removing U.S. troops from Iraq...and when Obama was negotiating with Iraq, they refused the SOFA we needed in order to keep Iraqi courts from putting our troops on trial. But I guess Obama's a traitor for not forcing the Iraqis from agreeing to the SOFA we required in order for us to remain there.....

2. And I guess you do indeed know more than the Republican-controlled House investigations who could find NO fault in the Obama administration's response to what was going on in Benghazi. Thou Shalt Hate Obama With All Thine Heart For He Is At Fault For All That Is Wrong, huh?


Oh, I guess you didn't know about Maliki visiting BO in Nov of 2013 and asking him for Tech and Air Strikes Right here at the WH and BO denying him.

No the Republican controlled house knows what the Interim President of Libya at the time told the BBC.....they also know about the State Dept being told so by the Head of Libyan Security, and of course they did talk about those failings by State. Also that's why Gowdy is STILL taking Depositions. Guess you forgot about that.....since you thought the Republican controlled house had given up their investigation.
 
Source: Obama given detailed intelligence for a year about rise of ISIS

>" President Obama was given detailed and specific intelligence about the rise of the Islamic State as part of his daily briefing for at least a year before the group seized large swaths of territory over the summer, a former Pentagon official told Fox News.

The official -- who asked not to be identified because the President's Daily Brief is considered the most authoritative, classified intelligence community product analyzing sensitive international events for the president -- said the data was strong and "granular" in detail.

The source said a policymaker "could not come away with any other impression: This is getting bad."

Obama, unlike his predecessors who traditionally had the document briefed to them, is known to personally read the daily brief. The former Pentagon official, who has knowledge of the process, said Obama generally was not known to come back to the intelligence community with further requests for information based on the daily report..."<

continue:
Source: Obama given detailed intelligence for a year about rise of ISIS | Fox News


Incompetence is one thing, it's expected, Obama is nothing more than a community organiser. But dereliction of duty as CnC :eek: Dereliction of duty falls under United States Code Title 10 § 892. Article 92

"ISIS is JV."

Obama has been informed of ISIS for over a year and he doesn't have a strategy yet to deal with ISIS ?

Another Fox anonymous source story. Go figure.
 
Another Fox anonymous source story. Go figure.

I'm sure if the officer were to reveal who he was, he would be purged from the military like the other 200 high ranking officers who have already been purged by Obama.
 
I'm sure if the officer were to reveal who he was, he would be purged from the military like the other 200 high ranking officers who have already been purged by Obama.

Okay... I guess it's this time:

tin-foil-hat.jpg


All because you salivate over an anonymous sourced story written by an extreme political hack organization.
 
Question is, is Obama that incompetent that he can't comprehend what he's reading or is he just derelict in his duties as CnC and not reading the briefings every morning ?

Isn't a better question how competent he was in not listening to the chickenhawk conservatives in Congress who wanted to send advanced weaponry to the Syrian rebels, aka ISIS
 
Isn't a better question how competent he was in not listening to the chickenhawk conservatives in Congress who wanted to send advanced weaponry to the Syrian rebels, aka ISIS

Don't you mean the neo-conservatives who sided with Obama ?

It was the conservatives who pointed out that many of the rebels were Al Qaeda not Obama or any Democrats. Obama wanted to arm the Al Qaeda factions in Syria.

Remember, the GOP took in the Democrat's liberal base back in the 70's when the Democrat Party was hijacked by the radical left. These Democrat refuges are known as neo-conservatives.
 
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