A report by the office of the director of National Intelligence that was commissioned by the White House concludes that the Islamic State is far from being "contained," as the president claimed the day before the Paris terror attack, and instead is expanding its reach throughout the world. The report, according to the Daily Beast, is "a tacit admission that coalition efforts so far – dropping thousands of bombs and deploying 3,500 U.S. troops as well as other coalition trainers – have been outpaced by ISIS’s ability to expand and attract new followers, even as the yearlong coalition air campaign has helped local forces drive ISIS out of parts of Iraq and Syria." The White House commissioned the intelligence report prior to last month’s deadly strikes in Paris, and long before last week’s terror attacks in San Bernardino, California, three senior U.S. officials said, speaking on condition...(Read Full Post)