US providing military intelligence to combat Colombia’s neo-paramilitary groups

The United States is providing military intelligence to fight paramilitary groups formed from the now-defunct AUC, according to President Juan Manuel Santos. “The most effective strategy against these organizations is intelligence,” President Juan Manuel Santos told Caracol Radio. The United States and Colombia had already announced the formation of a special task force to combat groups like […]

Intel Analysts: We Were Forced Out for Telling the Truth About Obama’s ISIS War

Two senior intelligence analysts at U.S. Central Command say the military has forced them out of their jobs because of their skeptical reporting on U.S.-backed rebel groups in Syria, three sources with knowledge of their claim told The Daily Beast. It’s the first known instance of possible reprisals against CENTCOM personnel after analysts accused their […]

Army must ditch its war data network, former Defense Intelligence Agency chief says

An Army general who reached the pinnacle of military intelligence says his service’s war-deployed data analytical network is a flop and needs to be stopped, rebuilt and renamed. Retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, who headed the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency until 2014 and held a number of terrorist-hunting jobs, is the most senior officer to publicly chastise […]