虽然没有确定性的证据表明，奥巴马政府的高层官员下令更改这些报告，但根据报告的描述，这些分析员感到自己受到了来自中央司令部领导者的压力，迫使他们对伊斯兰国 （ISIS或ISIL) 的威胁发表更乐观的意见。
Although it offers no definitive evidence that senior Obama administration officials ordered the reports to be doctored, it describes analysts as feeling as though they were under pressure from Centcom leaders to present a more optimistic view of the threat posed by the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL.