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Originally Posted by donquixote99

I must agree that the groupthink must of been a bit thick at the White House, for them to try to play this the way they did.

Obama oversees what many U.S. officials and independent political analysts regard as one of the most insular national security teams in modern times. Key decisions - and often, information - are centralized at the White House with the president and a handful of aides, some of whom have been with him since his first presidential campaign.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/...0EG04720140605