{"id":1924410,"date":"2023-05-04T18:12:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T22:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-bungled-afghan-withdrawal-decimated-us-intelligence-gathering-admin-official-confirms\/"},"modified":"2023-05-04T18:16:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T22:16:09","slug":"bidens-bungled-afghan-withdrawal-decimated-us-intelligence-gathering-admin-official-confirms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-bungled-afghan-withdrawal-decimated-us-intelligence-gathering-admin-official-confirms\/","title":{"rendered":"US Intelligence Gathering Decimated by Biden&#8217;s Afghan Withdrawal, Confirmed by Admin Official."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbidens-bungled-afghan-withdrawal-decimated-us-intelligence-gathering-admin-official-confirms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1924410&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Biden Administration&#8217;s Withdrawal from Afghanistan Leaves U.S. Military Intelligence in Shambles<\/h2>\n<p>The recent withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan has left the country vulnerable to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressional-republicans-call-on-biden-administration-to-act-swiftly-on-ethiopia-crisis\/\" title=\"Congressional Republicans Call on Biden Administration to Act Swiftly on Ethiopia Crisis\">terrorist activities<\/a>, according to a U.S. intelligence official who confirmed the news to Congress on Thursday. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines stated that the intelligence community is no longer able to collect as much information as they were when troops were present in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<h3>Intelligence Gaps are More Catastrophic Than Admitted<\/h3>\n<p>Senator Deb Fischer of Nebraska expressed her concern that counterterrorism operations are now &#8220;basically nil&#8221; due to the lack of personnel on the ground. Haines confirmed that intelligence operations have been degraded, but further details on the matter would have to be discussed in a classified setting.<\/p>\n<h3>Afghanistan Reemerges as a Breeding Ground for Terrorism<\/h3>\n<p>Haines&#8217;s admission is the clearest confirmation to date by U.S. intelligence leaders that Afghanistan has reemerged as a central <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/with-another-election-coming-up-in-days-georgia-is-still-a-mess-with-the-same-players-running-the-same-processes\/\" title=\"With Another Election Coming Up in Days, Georgia Is Still a Mess with the Same Players Running the Same Processes\">breeding ground<\/a> for terrorism, particularly for ISIS-K. The terror group has established a large presence in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-line-for-senior-job-at-state-sanders-aide-accuses-biden-of-illegal-military-action\/\" title=\"In Line For Senior Job at State, Sanders Aide Accuses Biden of Illegal Military Action\">war-torn country<\/a>, which is now controlled by the Taliban, and is now believed to be capable of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-bungled-afghan-withdrawal-decimated-us-intelligence-gathering-admin-official-confirms\/\" title=\"US Intelligence Gathering Decimated by Biden's Afghan Withdrawal, Confirmed by Admin Official.\">orchestrating terror strikes<\/a> on the American homeland.<\/p>\n<h3>What Does This Mean for the Future?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The U.S. military&#8217;s capability to gather key intelligence and information on terrorist activities has been decimated.<\/li>\n<li>Counterterrorism operations are now &#8220;basically nil.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Afghanistan has reemerged as a central breeding ground for terrorism.<\/li>\n<li>ISIS-K has established a large presence in the country and is capable of orchestrating terror strikes on the American homeland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Biden administration&#8217;s withdrawal from Afghanistan has left the country in a vulnerable state, and the consequences of this decision are yet to be fully realized. It remains to be seen how the U.S. will address the intelligence gaps and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-extends-deadline-to-obtain-real-id-by-19-months\/\" title=\"DHS Extends Deadline To Obtain REAL ID By 19 Months\">prevent future terrorist attacks<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A U.S. military helicopter flies above the U.S. embassy in Kabul on Aug. 15, 2021 \/ Getty Images The Biden administration&#8217;s bungled withdrawal from Afghanistan decimated the U.S. military&#8217;s capability to gather key intelligence and information on terrorist activities, a U.S. intelligence official confirmed to Congress on Thursday. &#8220;We certainly\u2014the intelligence community has been clear<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":1924412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[4496,6782,3706,4952,25846,18430,4786,4808,8050],"class_list":["post-1924410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-admin","tag-afghan","tag-bidens","tag-confirmed","tag-decimated","tag-gathering","tag-intelligence","tag-official","tag-withdrawal"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1924410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1924412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1924410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1924410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1924410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}