Think they underestimated what had been taking place in syria. He didnt just say that we underestimated isil. He said we overestimated the ability and the will of our allies, the iraqi army, to fight. Thats true. Fox newss own ed henry is standing by at the white house with the details. Ed, he threw clapper and the Intelligence Community under the bus, but hes the one that said in january theyre the jayvee team. Good evening. Certainly it seems like today what josh earnest was trying to do at the podium behind me was slam the brakes on that bus saying were not throwing jim clapper, others in the Intelligence Community under the bus insisting in the words of josh earnest, the intent of the president to pin this on jim clapper. But as you hear in that clip, the question to the president was were you surprised. His answer was not about his own personal responsibility in the matter. Instead, he shifted it to, well, jim clapper says that they in the Intelligence Community underestimated all
Terrorism. Thats moments away. First, president obama facing major backlash after blaming his director of National Intelligence James Clapper for underestimating the threat posed by isis. Watch this. How did they end up where they are in control of so much territory . Was that a complete surprise to you . Well, i think our head of the Intelligence Community jim clapper has acknowledged that i think they underestimated what had been taking place in syria. He didnt just say that we underestimated isil. He said we overestimated the ability and the will of our allies, the iraqi army, to fight. Thats true. Foxs own ed henry is standing by at the white house with the details. Ed, he threw clapper and the Intelligence Community under the bus, but hes the one that said in january theyre the jayvee team. Good evening. Certainly it seems like today what josh earnest was trying to do at the podium behind me was slam the brakes on that bus and say look, were not throwing jim clapper, others in the