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January 5, 2010

General Criticizes State of US Intelligence in Afghanistan
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The report of the double agent’s role in the bombing came as the top US
military intelligence officer in Afghanistan issued a scathing
assessment of the state of the intelligence effort there. Major General
Michael Flynn said that US intelligence in Afghanistan had focused too
much on gathering information on insurgent groups and was “unable to
answer fundamental questions about the environment in which US and
allied forces operate and the people they seek to persuade.”



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