House asks for Pentagon briefing on intelligence allegations in war on Isis

Dozens of US Central Command and Defense Intelligence Agency analysts allege
that their superiors suppressed negative assessments of the war against Isis

Spencer Ackerman in New York
Friday 11 September 2015 21.40 BST

The investigative committee of the US House of Representatives has summoned Pentagon officials for a briefing about allegations of manipulated intelligence about the war against the Islamic State (Isis).

Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), the chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Representative Ron DeSantis (R-Florida), who chairs its national-security subcommittee, asked defense secretary Ashton Carter and inspector general Jon Rymer on Friday for information about an ongoing investigation into charges from dozens of US Central Command and Defense Intelligence Agency analysts that their superiors suppressed negative assessments of the year-old war against Isis.

In a sign of escalating congressional interest in an unfolding controversy, the GOP lawmakers requested briefings no later than 18 September.

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