BOMBSHELL: Obama Given ‘Detailed Intelligence’ on Rise of ISIS Far in Advance

The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group has been on the rise across both Iraq and Syria for some time now as Western nations have failed to stop the barbaric organization from advancing. According to a new report, the opportunities have been there for some time.

Fox News reports that an official with close ties to the White House said that President Obama was given detailed and specific intelligence regarding the rise of the terrorist organization as a part of his daily briefing for nearly a year prior to the group taking over large portions of the Middle East.

The official asked to remain anonymous due to the fact that the President’s Daily Brief is considered the most highly classified intelligence community product that analyzes sensitive international events. They also said that the data on IS was very strong and “granular” in detail.

The source told Fox that in no way could a policymaker, or the President, “come away with any other impression: This is getting bad.”

The former Pentagon official, who has extensive knowledge on the briefing process, said that unlike other presidents Obama actually reads his briefings himself, rather than have them read to him by an assistant. Despite this, the official said that Obama is generally not known to come back to the intelligence community for requests for more information based off his daily reports.

This report comes as the Obama administration has repeatedly tried to downplay the threat from IS and say their strength has only recently increased. However, the official said that despite the administration claiming they were blindsided by the rise of IS due to poor intelligence, the intelligence was actually so good on the region that Obama drew his now infamous “red line” on chemical weapons in Syria. The information was “exquisite.”

According to the source, “[we] were ready to fire, on a moment’s notice, on a couple hundred targets,” but they never received the orders. In some cases, they tracked targets for a “long period of time” but let them slip away.

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The source also confirmed earlier reports that there was a delay in making the decision to attempt to rescue kidnapped journalist James Foley from IS militants. The former Pentagon official said that Obama was extremely hesitant and always asking for “the intelligence to build up more.”

The administration eventually confirmed they had launched a failed rescue attempt to save Foley, only after the video of his beheading was released. Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes said that “we have done everything that we can possibly do to try to bring home our hostages,” when speaking about Foley’s execution.

Earlier on Tuesday, we reported that a second American journalist was beheaded by the violent extremist group. Steven Sotloff had appeared at the end of the video of Foley’s execution along with a message to President Obama that he would be executed if the U.S. didn’t call of its airstrikes.

Just recently IS seized control of a Syrian airbase in the Raqqa Province, giving them control over tanks, artillery, munitions and at least three MiG fighter jets. Along with the military equipment, they kidnapped Syrian pilots and reportedly are forcing them to train IS militants to fly the aircraft, which if successful will make the threat from the radical Islamists even greater in the region.

It would appear as if the only “JV” organization is the one who’s currently occupying the White House. Such blatant inaction given the excellent intelligence that’s been provided is nothing short of ineptitude from an inexperienced “leader” who’s more concerned with scoring political points than he is our national security and preserving American lives.