In light of this article by the AP (titled “CIA let Iraq spy network wither after troop withdrawal, officials claim”) and new questions over what the intelligence community did or didn’t know about ISIS and other threats, here’s a post I wrote last year that addresses CIA’s blind spots.
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That was an AP steal of my reporting: http://www.newsweek.com/whats-going-iraq-heck-if-cia-knows-255689
Thanks for letting me know. Hadn’t seen your story, but glad I know about it now.