Massive Obama Administration Leaks on Covert CIA Program Training Syrian Rebels

"The descriptions of the CIA training program provide the most detailed account to date of the limited dimensions and daunting objectives of a CIA operation that President Obama secretly authorized in a covert action finding he signed this year."

"U.S. officials said, officials said, officials said, officials said, The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters, said, The CIA effort was described, said a U.S. official familiar with operations in Syria, The descriptions of the CIA training program, U.S. officials said the classified program, a former senior U.S. intelligence official said, Officials said, the former U.S. intelligence official said, Officials said, officials said, officials said, officials said, what some officials have described, senior CIA officials have raised the concern, said a former senior U.S. intelligence official, the former official said"

"The CIA declined to comment."

A covert CIA program was authorized to train Syrian rebels, authorized by President Obama. Multiple U.S. officials provided anonymous descriptions of the program’s limited scope and difficult objectives. Many statements were presented under variants of "officials said" and included unnamed former senior intelligence officials and references to concerns raised within the CIA. The program’s covert status contrasted with the volume of detailed disclosures from anonymous sources. The CIA formally declined to comment on the matter. Representative Mike Rogers spoke on the record criticizing the administration’s ability to maintain secrecy around such operations.

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