IT'S AS IF VIETNAM NEVER HAPPENED

Our military is apparently up to its old tricks (cf. The Pentagon Papers):

Inquiry Weighs Whether ISIS Analysis Was Distorted

By MARK MAZZETTI and MATT APUZZO AUG. 25, 2015
NY TIMES

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s inspector general is investigating allegations that military officials have skewed intelligence assessments about the United States-led campaign in Iraq against the Islamic State to provide a more optimistic account of progress, according to several officials familiar with the inquiry.

The investigation began after at least one civilian Defense Intelligence Agency analyst told the authorities that he had evidence that officials at United States Central Command — the military headquarters overseeing the American bombing campaign and other efforts against the Islamic State — were improperly reworking the conclusions of intelligence assessments prepared for policy makers, including President Obama, the government officials said.

The article also has a link to a DIA publication about the Vietnam tragedy.

UPDATE: This book & excerpt are also relevant