How it began… In February 2014, I testified to Congress that Al-Qaeda was NOT “on the run,” but expanding rapidly across more than two dozen countries. That assessment directly contradicted the Obama administration’s public narrative. My testimony was altered and returned to me by the White House. I refused the changes and delivered the intelligence as it stood. From that moment on, I became the problem. Within months, the threat we warned about became undeniable. ISIS emerged from Al-Qaeda in I