根据一份关于该报告的新闻，“经过中央司令部高级领导者审核的情报对于美国反恐行动的描述比实际情况更乐观，并且始终比其他情报机构的分析更乐观。”
"Intelligence products approved by senior Centcom leaders typically provided a more positive depiction of U.S. antiterrorism efforts than was warranted by facts on the ground and were consistently more positive than analysis produced by other elements of the intelligence community," a news release about the report said.