Exclusive: Top House Lawmaker Accuses Pentagon of Obstructing Intel Probe

Foreign Policy: A powerful lawmaker is accusing U.S. Central Command and the Defense Department of “slow-rolling” his attempts to investigate the alleged manipulation of intelligence by command officials, who stand accused of tweaking analyst reports to put a positive spin on Washington’s wars in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan.

The head of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), told Foreign Policy that he has experienced months of delays and an overall “lack of cooperation” from Central Command, which has repeatedly cancelled trips for staffers to travel to the command’s Tampa, Florida, headquarters.

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