LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield The U.S. military says a misdirected airstrike this week killed 18 allied fighters battling the Islamic State group in northern Syria, according to the Associated Press (AP). U.S. Central Command said Thursday that coalition aircraft were given the wrong coordinates by their partner forces, the predominantly-Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces,…
By Russ Read Future Secretary of Defense Gen. James Mattis removed former Army Lt. Gen. and future National Security Advisor Mike Flynn from his intelligence role in Afghanistan, according to Army documents obtained by the Washington Post. Mattis removed Flynn from his position in 2010 after Flynn was investigated by Central Command (CENTCOM) for sharing classified…
Jonah Bennet U.S. Central Command analysts have complained in a separate set of allegations to top intelligence official that their superiors manipulated reports to make the Obama administration’s campaign against Islamic State seem more successful than it really is. This complaint to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) is distinct from previous reports of over…