▁ 9 / 1 1 ▁attacks ; ▁he ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁believe ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁pressed ▁into ▁ret irement ▁for ▁question ing ▁the ▁Ob ama ▁administration ' s ▁public ▁narr ative ▁that ▁Al ▁Q a eda ▁was ▁close ▁to ▁defeat . ▁Journal ist ▁Se ym our ▁H ers h ▁wrote ▁that ▁" F lyn n ▁confirmed ▁[ to ▁H ers h ] ▁that ▁his ▁ag ency ▁had ▁sent ▁a ▁constant ▁stream ▁of ▁class ified ▁warnings   ... ▁about ▁the ▁dire ▁consequences ▁of ▁to pp ling ▁[ S y rian ▁President ] ▁Ass ad ." ▁F lyn n ▁rec ount ed ▁that ▁his ▁ag ency ▁was ▁producing ▁intelligence ▁reports ▁indicating ▁that ▁radical ▁Islam ists ▁were ▁the ▁main ▁force ▁in ▁the ▁Sy rian ▁ins ur gency ▁and ▁" that ▁Turkey ▁was ▁looking ▁the ▁other ▁way ▁when ▁it ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁growth ▁of ▁the ▁Islam ic ▁State ▁inside ▁Sy ria ". ▁According ▁to ▁F lyn n , ▁these ▁reports ▁" got ▁enorm ous ▁push back ▁from ▁the ▁Ob ama ▁administration ," ▁who ▁he ▁felt ▁" did ▁not ▁want ▁to ▁hear ▁the ▁truth ". ▁According ▁to ▁former ▁D IA ▁official ▁W . ▁Patrick ▁Lang : ▁" F lyn n ▁in cur red ▁the ▁wr ath ▁of ▁the ▁White ▁House ▁by ▁ins isting ▁on ▁telling ▁the ▁truth ▁about ▁Sy ria   ... ▁they ▁sh oved ▁him ▁out . ▁He ▁wouldn ' t ▁shut ▁up ." ▁In ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁Al ▁J aze era , ▁F lyn n ▁critic ized ▁the ▁Ob ama ▁administration ▁for ▁its ▁delay ▁in ▁supporting