Special I.G. for Afghanistan warns the Pentagon is classifying documents to cover up failures and demands secret reports on how Afghanistan collapsed

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Special inspector general for Afghanistan warns the Pentagon is classifying documents to cover up failures and demands secret reports on how country collapsed are published now​

Pentagon and State Dept accused of covering up failures in Afghanistan

John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, said on Friday that he wanted the Pentagon and State Department to be more transparent.

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30 Oct 2021 ~~ By Harriet Alexander

• John Sopko, special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction (SIGAR), is in charge of monitoring how the U.S. spends its money in the country
• Sopko on Friday published his report, requested by Congress, into what led to the collapse of the Afghan government in August
• He said that there needed to be more transparency about what had happened in the years since 2015
• Sopko accused the State Department and Pentagon of not being open with what they knew
• Much of the secrecy was designed to protect President Ashraf Ghani, but since he fled the presidency in August Sopko said that was no longer relevant
• Asked by NPR whether the $89 billion spent on training Afghan troops had been a waste, Sopko replied: ''I think the obvious answer is yes'

A U.S. government watchdog on Friday accused the State Department and Pentagon of suppressing information that lawmakers and the public need to understand the collapse of Afghanistan's former government and military and the chaotic U.S. troop pullout.
John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction (SIGAR), spoke out on Friday after it emerged that many of the routine documents had now been marked as classified.
'The full picture of what happened in August - and all the warning signs that could have predicted the outcome - will only be revealed if the information that the departments of Defense and State have already restricted from public release is made available,' said Sopko.
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After a review, his agency found only four items meriting redaction, and left the remainder accessible.
Noting that Congress tasked him with investigating the collapse of the U.S.-backed Afghan government and military, he said the Pentagon has since 2015 barred from public release a range of data purportedly at the former Ghani government's request.
Most of that information, including casualty data and unit strengths, was 'all you needed to know to determine whether the Afghan security forces were a real fighting force or a house of cards,' he said.
Asked by NPR whether the $89 billion that the United States spent on training and equipping the Afghan army was a waste, Sopko replied: 'I think the obvious answer is yes.
'I mean, you know, you build a military to fight the enemies. Well, when the military disappears or didn't even exist - I mean, that is the ironic thing.'



Comment:
The anti-American Progressive Marxist/DSA/Democrat party with their allies, the MSM, FBI, DOJ and CIA will ignore him and his findings if they're ever allowed to be seen.
There is no doubt in the minds of many Americans that Joey Xi and the Party he represents are a clear and present danger to all traditional values Americans, as well as attempting to export their repulsive toxicity to overseas entities.
Indeed there is a coverup, and it will work, this is the PM/DSA Democrat Leftist's and the Quisling media we are talking about.
Isn't it sad but not surprising how quickly the Quisling Media has buried Afghanistan news stories after the catastrophic and mismanaged withdrawal ordered by Joey Xi Bai Dung?

 

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Special inspector general for Afghanistan warns the Pentagon is classifying documents to cover up failures and demands secret reports on how country collapsed are published now​

Pentagon and State Dept accused of covering up failures in Afghanistan

John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, said on Friday that he wanted the Pentagon and State Department to be more transparent.

www.dailymail.co.uk

30 Oct 2021 ~~ By Harriet Alexander

• John Sopko, special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction (SIGAR), is in charge of monitoring how the U.S. spends its money in the country
• Sopko on Friday published his report, requested by Congress, into what led to the collapse of the Afghan government in August
• He said that there needed to be more transparency about what had happened in the years since 2015
• Sopko accused the State Department and Pentagon of not being open with what they knew
• Much of the secrecy was designed to protect President Ashraf Ghani, but since he fled the presidency in August Sopko said that was no longer relevant
• Asked by NPR whether the $89 billion spent on training Afghan troops had been a waste, Sopko replied: ''I think the obvious answer is yes'

A U.S. government watchdog on Friday accused the State Department and Pentagon of suppressing information that lawmakers and the public need to understand the collapse of Afghanistan's former government and military and the chaotic U.S. troop pullout.
John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction (SIGAR), spoke out on Friday after it emerged that many of the routine documents had now been marked as classified.
'The full picture of what happened in August - and all the warning signs that could have predicted the outcome - will only be revealed if the information that the departments of Defense and State have already restricted from public release is made available,' said Sopko.
~Snip~
After a review, his agency found only four items meriting redaction, and left the remainder accessible.
Noting that Congress tasked him with investigating the collapse of the U.S.-backed Afghan government and military, he said the Pentagon has since 2015 barred from public release a range of data purportedly at the former Ghani government's request.
Most of that information, including casualty data and unit strengths, was 'all you needed to know to determine whether the Afghan security forces were a real fighting force or a house of cards,' he said.
Asked by NPR whether the $89 billion that the United States spent on training and equipping the Afghan army was a waste, Sopko replied: 'I think the obvious answer is yes.
'I mean, you know, you build a military to fight the enemies. Well, when the military disappears or didn't even exist - I mean, that is the ironic thing.'



Comment:
The anti-American Progressive Marxist/DSA/Democrat party with their allies, the MSM, FBI, DOJ and CIA will ignore him and his findings if they're ever allowed to be seen.
There is no doubt in the minds of many Americans that Joey Xi and the Party he represents are a clear and present danger to all traditional values Americans, as well as attempting to export their repulsive toxicity to overseas entities.
Indeed there is a coverup, and it will work, this is the PM/DSA Democrat Leftist's and the Quisling media we are talking about.
Isn't it sad but not surprising how quickly the Quisling Media has buried Afghanistan news stories after the catastrophic and mismanaged withdrawal ordered by Joey Xi Bai Dung?

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