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Obama scolds the media for 'unfair' coverage of Hillary leading up to the election: https://money.cnn.com/2016/12/16/media/obama-clinton-coverage/ HAHAHAHA YGBFSM

An agency or even several being politicized in the IC? Say it ain't so! But don't bring up CENTCOM's J2 and the watered down reports on ISIS that 40+ analysts hit the "BS" button on. Or the CIA's director's (ok, acting director) direct, personal coordination on the Benghazi was a video demonstration gone bad. Or conflicting assessments prior to the Arab Spring but only the rosy ones being accepted and briefed. Nope, no history of a politicized IC. BTW, the ODNI is not an intel agency. It is a coordinating body for the IC. Which, again, BTW, was created as a result of the Director of Central Intelligence not doing his job prior to 9/11 and that Administration not wanting to admit it was wrong. Hint, the clue of who was responsible for being the coordinator of the IC was in the job title. Set up by the same act that created Big Blue for some history learnin' for ya. But since politics demanded that no one be blamed for the inter-agency FUBAR, another entity is created. Another layer of bueracracy (sp?) and more money is poured on the political wound of an IC gone wild. There are a lot of good people in the IC who want to do their jobs and tell the truth as they know it. Senior level management is very politicized and responds to the political masters for their own personal agendas and for assuring larger future budgets. Which often times equates to the same thing. Sound familiar? edited for J-code buffoonery

I'm pretty sure it's 70%

You mean we should trust the anonymous leaks to the press from the intel community? Or the official testimony before congress they refuse to do?

It doesn't change with a change in rank, just a PCS. I kept thr O-4 rate for two years because the O-5 rate for my base had dropped so low.

If BAH declines at your location after you're already there, you get to keep the older higher rate.