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Exclusive: This Is the ISIS Intel the U.S. Military Dumbed Down

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The intelligence pros said killing certain ISIS leaders might not diminish the group and that airstrikes might not be working. The bosses didn’t like those answers.

Nancy A. Youssef
Shane Harris
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