Largely np - Nick Harkaway, fog of war, ponderous pondering

[Thomas Eckhardt]

I am certain that the CIA does covert ops in Syria. The White Helmets/CW 
attacks narrative, however, seems to be a British effort (see James Le 
Mesurier, Hamish de Bretton-Gordon) which at some point may have taken 
on a life of its own.

For the Pynchonesquely named HdBG, see:

http://acloserlookonsyria.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Porton_Down_investigates_Syria#Hamish_de_Bretton-Gordon.27s_role_in_collecting_samples_for_MI6

The British also run the Syrian opposition's media:

"Government contractors effectively run a press office for opposition 
fighters but communications conceal UK’s role"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/03/how-britain-funds-the-propaganda-war-against-isis-in-syria



On Wed, 29 May 2019 09:47:47 GMT

  "peterthooper at juno.com" <peterthooper at juno.com> wrote:

> All of that isn't necessarily to suggest CIA covert ops 
>in Syria. Didn't someone recently report that they don't 
>have a lot of traction gaining in-country recruits 
>anymore, so a lot of their activities now are 
>intelligence gathering via various remote methods? Which 
>would mean not as many covert ops? One can only hope - 
>so...
> 
> If not they, then who?