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.
The boosted efforts reflect increased concern over the future of a society that has remained closed for some time, the sources said.
"Even people who 'know' Syria have a hard time figuring out what's really going on inside there," the senior intelligence official said. "This is a very fluid situation."
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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.
The boosted efforts reflect increased concern over the future of a society that has remained closed for some time, the sources said.
"Even people who 'know' Syria have a hard time figuring out what's really going on inside there," the senior intelligence official said. "This is a very fluid situation."
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