The DailyBeast reports that a "revolt" is taking place in the intelligence community, with more than 50 intelligence analysts for the U.S. military's Central Command formally complaining that their reports on ISIS and al Qaeda have been "inappropriately" altered by senior officials to fit the Obama administration's false narrative on the campaign against the terrorist group.

Two senior analysts filed an official complaint to the inspector general of the Defense Department in July over what they alleged were inappropriate changes to their reports on ISIS and al Qaeda's Syria branch. The changes by senior officials resulted in what they say were false, "happy talk" versions of their reports that gave the sense that the groups were weaker than they actually were. According to The DailyBeast's sources, a total of 50 other analysts have now formally submitted or supported complaints, spurring the Pentagon inspector general to open an investigation.

"The fact that so many people complained suggests there are deep-rooted, systemic problems in how the U.S. military command charged with the war against the self-proclaimed Islamic State assesses intelligence," writes The DailyBeast's Shane Harris.

The original complaints came from two senior analysts at CENTCOM, who wrote to the Defense IG that CENTCOM officials deliberately amended their stories to downplay the strength of ISIS and al Nurra. According to 11 insiders who spoke to The DailyBeast on condition of anonymity, 50 other analysts have backed the claims, some having complained for months about similar distortions.

"The cancer was within the senior level of the intelligence command," said one defense official.

Read the full report here.