Wednesday, July 25, 2012

The CIA In Syria: Do They Know What is Happening? (Updated)

CIA Ramps Up Intelligence Operation To Keep Pace With Syria Developments -- FOX News

Faced with a frustrating vacuum of intelligence on the situation in Syria, the Central Intelligence Agency is beefing up efforts here at home hoping to address that void, sources tell Fox News.

The CIA is bringing in as many analysts as possible and asking them to work longer hours than usual -- aiming to have more eyes and ears on the situation 24 hours a day. A CIA task force assigned specifically to Syria is "working round the clock" to dig up as much intelligence as they can about current developments on the ground and likely scenarios should President Bashar al-Assad's regime collapse, according to a senior intelligence official.

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More News On The CIA's Efforts In Syria

US spies hobbled severely in Syria -- Sydney Morning Herald
In Syria conflict, U.S. struggles to fill intelligence gaps -- Washington Post
CIA absence from Syria a setback for U.S., officials say -- Boston Herald/Tribune
Obama administration sends CIA officers to find biological and chemical weapons in Syria -- Times of Israel
CIA ramps up intelligence efforts in Syria to keep pace with developments in country -- News Track India/ANI
Intelligence gaps impede U.S. efforts to speed up Assad’s ouster: report -- Al Arabiya
CIA racing to find Syria's WMD -- Rick Moran, American Thinker
CIA joins the hunt for Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons -- The Telegraph/Daily Beast
Does the CIA really have no idea about the nature of Syria's rebels? -- Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor

My Comment: I find it hard to believe that after 16 months of unrest and violence .... the CIA still does not have operatives on the ground in Syria.

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