Andrew Napolitano Doubts Obama's Claims About ISIS Intelligence

Earlier this week, President Obama attributed the rise of ISIS to the failures of the U.S. intelligence community, naming and blaming directly National Intelligence Director James Clapper. But ISIS captured Fallujah and Ramadi, two major cities in Iraq, eight months ago. Surely the president knew about that when it happened, writes Andrew Napolitano. Now he's throwing Clapper under the bus to deflect criticism of his own incompetence.
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