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Sunday, June 2, 2013

Monday, May 27, 2013

SEN MCCAIN-SYRIA// DAILY BEAST FICTION

TO: MEDIA
FROM: INVESTIGATIONS
SUBJ: AUTHENTICITY OF SENATOR MCCAIN'S VISIT TO SYRIA


NOW REPORTED WIDESPREAD AS "SNEAKING" INTO "WAR-TORN" SYRIA, THE STORY COMES FROM A THIRD PARTY SOURCE KNOWN AS THE SYRIAN EMERGENCY TASK FORCE, WHERE TWO LEADERS OF THE GROUP APPARENTLY ACCOMPANIED THE SENATOR AND GENERAL IDRIS OF THE FSA INTO SYRIA, CROSSING THE BORDER AT BAB AL-SALAMEH.

THE DAILY BEAST WAS THEN NOTIFIED OF THIS VISIT AND THE ARTICLE CAN BE FOUND AT ITS WEBSITE:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/27/exclusive-john-mccain-slips-across-border-into-syria-meets-with-rebels.html

UNDER THE TITLE OF: 

"Exclusive: John McCain Slips Across Border Into Syria, Meets With Rebels"

AS REPORTED BY JOSH ROGIN. IN OTHER WORDS, NO REPORTER FROM THE DAILY BEAST WAS PRESENT AT THE BORDER CROSSING WHEN SENATOR MCCAIN ALLEGEDLY ENTERED THE COUNTRY.


THE PHOTOGRAPH IN THE TELEGRAPH UK (BELOW)

 
 
WAS TAKEN BY ELIZABETH O'BAGY WHO WORKS FOR THE SYRIIAN EMERGENCY TASK FORCE AND WAS PROBABLY TAKEN AT THE GAZIANTEP MEETING. THERE ARE NO PHOTOS TO CORROBORATE SENATOR MCCAIN ACTUALLY BEING ON THE GROUND IN SYRIA.

SEN MCCAIN CLANDESTINE SYRIA VISIT

TO: MEDIA
FROM: FSA
SUBJ: SENATOR IN SYRIA

HEADLINES READING "SENATOR MCCAIN SNEAKS INTO SYRIA" MAY LOOK GOOD IN THE MEDIA BUT MAY ALSO NOT BE ACCURATE. IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR THE SENATOR TO CROSS INTO THE COUNTRY WITHOUT PRIOR KNOWLEDGE BY THE SYRIAN GOVT.

THE BORDER AREA IN QUESTION IS HEAVILY CONTESTED, SWARMING WITH REGULARS AND RFUGEES AND HIS PRESENCE WOULD BE OBVIOUS. THE LENGTH OF TIME THE SENATOR SPENT ACROSS THE BORDER WAS PROBABLY EXTREMELY BRIEF, JUST ENOUGH TO GET A FOOT ACROSS.

NOT LIKE HE VISITED THE FRONT LINES.

LET'S KEEP THIS PARTICULAR MEDIA EVENT IN FOCUS FOR THE SAKE OF CREDIBILITY..

THIS APPEARS MORE OF A MEDIA EVENT THAN AN ACTUAL ONE; THE SENATOR "SNEAKS" INTO THE COUNTRY WITH THE GENERAL, THE LEADER OF THE FSA...THERE IS SOMETHING THAT LACKS CREDIBILITY HERE.