Is The U.S. Military Secretly Providing Intel To The Syrian Regime On Extremists?

RT: US military provided Assad with intel on extremists via Russia, Israel & Germany - report

The Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff has been indirectly providing Syrian military with intelligence on Islamic extremists fearing the Obama administration’s agenda to oust Bashar Assad will engender total chaos in Syria.

A new investigation in the London Review of Books by renowned American journalist Seymour M. Hersh exposes the divide between the US top brass and the politicians in the White House when it comes to dealing with Islamic extremists in Syria and Iraq.

It seems the US JCS isn’t enthusiastic about Obama’s “Assad must go” maxima, opting to provide Damascus with intelligence and analytics on the jihadists instead. This is, however, done indirectly, an unidentified former senior adviser to the Joint Chiefs told Hersh.

Update: Sy Hersh Blockbuster: Top U.S. General Ignored Obama, Led Secret Plot to Protect Assad and Bring Russia Into Syrian War (Alertnet)

WNU Editor: I posted on this story a few days ago .... A Commentary On US Intelligence Sharing In The Syrian War. I have trouble believing the Pentagon would disobey President Obama on such a sensitive matter. And I also have trouble believing that they would be able to keep it secret .... the White House has been micromanaging U.S. military and intelligence operations in the Middle East for the past few years .... U.S. national security officials would have quickly spotted what was happening, and they would be rushing to the White House to expose such a high level of treason. If there was intelligence exchanges, it had to be sanctioned and approved by the White House. Interestingly .... German intelligence does work with Syrian intelligence .... something that was also posted in this blog last week .... Report: German Intelligence Is Working With Syrian Intelligence.