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A Mole Inside Assad's Embassy Aided Syrian Rebels
(Wall Street Journal) Adam Entous - Bassam Barabandi, 44, a career diplomat in the Syrian embassy in Washington, became an opposition mole in 2012, working on behalf of moderate elements battling the Assad regime. Barabandi issued travel documents for nearly 100 Syrian activists, enabling them to flee and campaign against the same regime he officially represented. He also secretly passed information about the regime to the Syrian opposition and U.S. lawmakers, helping identify targets for sanctions later imposed.