CIA Admits Political Bias in Obama-Era Intelligence. The 2017 Assessment Deserves Scrutiny
By Ben Smith | 10:28 AM on February 21, 2026
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The CIA just did something you seldom see in Washington.
It admitted that its own intelligence analysis fell short of basic standards and had to be pulled back.
According to a February 20 press release, CIA Director John Ratcliffe ordered the official retraction or substantive revision of 19 intelligence products that “did not meet CIA and IC analytic tradecraft standards” and “failed to be independent of political consideration.”
In its own words, the CIA conceded the following:
"Today, CIA Director John Ratcliffe ordered the official retraction or substantive revision of 19 CIA intelligence products that did not meet CIA and IC analytic tradecraft standards and failed to be independent of political consideration. These products were identified by the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB), which conducted an independent review of hundreds of finished CIA analytic reports produced over the past decade. An internal review led by Deputy Director Michael Ellis agreed that they did not meet the high standards the American people expect from CIA’s elite analytic workforce."
That language is bureaucratic, but it is explosive. “Failed to be independent of political consideration” means politics seeped into analysis that was supposed to be insulated from it.
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