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  1. American journalist and Marine veteran Austin Tice has been missing in Syria since August 2012. Recent CNN investigation reveals former Syrian official Bassam al-Hassan claims Assad ordered Tice execution in 2013, but he failed FBI polygraph test. Tice family reviewed declassified documents showing US had daily information about his detention.

    #AustinTice #MissingJournalist #SyriaHostage #AustinTiceCase

  2. American journalist and Marine veteran Austin Tice has been missing in Syria since August 2012. Recent CNN investigation reveals former Syrian official Bassam al-Hassan claims Assad ordered Tice execution in 2013, but he failed FBI polygraph test. Tice family reviewed declassified documents showing US had daily information about his detention.

    #AustinTice #MissingJournalist #SyriaHostage #AustinTiceCase

  3. Photo-shoot today at National Press Club: The Austin Tice hostage case, 13 years later. New developments in the Austin Tice case for the past year, from government, media, and intelligence sources.

    More photos: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/N

    #Photography #NewsPhotography #AustinTice

  4. Photo-shoot today at National Press Club: The Austin Tice hostage case, 13 years later. New developments in the Austin Tice case for the past year, from government, media, and intelligence sources.

    More photos: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/N

    #Photography #NewsPhotography #AustinTice

  5. Photo-shoot today at National Press Club: The Austin Tice hostage case, 13 years later. New developments in the Austin Tice case for the past year, from government, media, and intelligence sources.

    More photos: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/N

    #Photography #NewsPhotography #AustinTice

  6. Photo-shoot today at National Press Club: The Austin Tice hostage case, 13 years later. New developments in the Austin Tice case for the past year, from government, media, and intelligence sources.

    More photos: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/N

    #Photography #NewsPhotography #AustinTice

  7. A doctor close to #BassamHassan has also acknowledged treating #AustinTice.

    Early in #Syria’s civil war, Hassan worked w/ #Iran to help establish a paramilitary force known as the National Defense Forces [#NDF], which received funding & training from Tehran. The NDF…was modeled after Iran’s #Basij, a plainclothes #militia under the umbrella of the Revolutionary Guards [#IRGC].

    The BBC reported that Tice had been held by the NDF at one point.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #Assad #WarCrimes

  8. A doctor close to #BassamHassan has also acknowledged treating #AustinTice.

    Early in #Syria’s civil war, Hassan worked w/ #Iran to help establish a paramilitary force known as the National Defense Forces [#NDF], which received funding & training from Tehran. The NDF…was modeled after Iran’s #Basij, a plainclothes #militia under the umbrella of the Revolutionary Guards [#IRGC].

    The BBC reported that Tice had been held by the NDF at one point.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #Assad #WarCrimes

  9. A doctor close to #BassamHassan has also acknowledged treating #AustinTice.

    Early in #Syria’s civil war, Hassan worked w/ #Iran to help establish a paramilitary force known as the National Defense Forces [#NDF], which received funding & training from Tehran. The NDF…was modeled after Iran’s #Basij, a plainclothes #militia under the umbrella of the Revolutionary Guards [#IRGC].

    The BBC reported that Tice had been held by the NDF at one point.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #Assad #WarCrimes

  10. A doctor close to #BassamHassan has also acknowledged treating #AustinTice.

    Early in #Syria’s civil war, Hassan worked w/ #Iran to help establish a paramilitary force known as the National Defense Forces [#NDF], which received funding & training from Tehran. The NDF…was modeled after Iran’s #Basij, a plainclothes #militia under the umbrella of the Revolutionary Guards [#IRGC].

    The BBC reported that Tice had been held by the NDF at one point.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #Assad #WarCrimes

  11. A doctor close to #BassamHassan has also acknowledged treating #AustinTice.

    Early in #Syria’s civil war, Hassan worked w/ #Iran to help establish a paramilitary force known as the National Defense Forces [#NDF], which received funding & training from Tehran. The NDF…was modeled after Iran’s #Basij, a plainclothes #militia under the umbrella of the Revolutionary Guards [#IRGC].

    The BBC reported that Tice had been held by the NDF at one point.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #Assad #WarCrimes

  12. It was the best piece of evidence…that #Syria had…been holding #AustinTice, despite never acknowledging…[it] & failing to respond to diplomatic efforts to free him.

    This month, BBC News reported it had obtained a trove of #intelligence files that showed he had been held in prison in Damascus. In interviews, a fmr Syrian general, Safwan Bahloul, said he had interrogated Tice, the first time any Syrian ofcl had disclosed having had contact w/ him.

    #Assad #WarCrimes
    bbc.com/news/articles/cn84z5e8

  13. It was the best piece of evidence…that #Syria had…been holding #AustinTice, despite never acknowledging…[it] & failing to respond to diplomatic efforts to free him.

    This month, BBC News reported it had obtained a trove of #intelligence files that showed he had been held in prison in Damascus. In interviews, a fmr Syrian general, Safwan Bahloul, said he had interrogated Tice, the first time any Syrian ofcl had disclosed having had contact w/ him.

    #Assad #WarCrimes
    bbc.com/news/articles/cn84z5e8

  14. It was the best piece of evidence…that #Syria had…been holding #AustinTice, despite never acknowledging…[it] & failing to respond to diplomatic efforts to free him.

    This month, BBC News reported it had obtained a trove of #intelligence files that showed he had been held in prison in Damascus. In interviews, a fmr Syrian general, Safwan Bahloul, said he had interrogated Tice, the first time any Syrian ofcl had disclosed having had contact w/ him.

    #Assad #WarCrimes
    bbc.com/news/articles/cn84z5e8

  15. It was the best piece of evidence…that #Syria had…been holding #AustinTice, despite never acknowledging…[it] & failing to respond to diplomatic efforts to free him.

    This month, BBC News reported it had obtained a trove of #intelligence files that showed he had been held in prison in Damascus. In interviews, a fmr Syrian general, Safwan Bahloul, said he had interrogated Tice, the first time any Syrian ofcl had disclosed having had contact w/ him.

    #Assad #WarCrimes
    bbc.com/news/articles/cn84z5e8

  16. It was the best piece of evidence…that #Syria had…been holding #AustinTice, despite never acknowledging…[it] & failing to respond to diplomatic efforts to free him.

    This month, BBC News reported it had obtained a trove of #intelligence files that showed he had been held in prison in Damascus. In interviews, a fmr Syrian general, Safwan Bahloul, said he had interrogated Tice, the first time any Syrian ofcl had disclosed having had contact w/ him.

    #Assad #WarCrimes
    bbc.com/news/articles/cn84z5e8

  17. The #US ofcls confronted Moustapha with a document showing that the Syrians had #AustinTice in their custody in 2012. The document, one of the US ofcls said, was the equivalent of what is known in law enforcement circles as a “BOLO” — or be on the lookout — as Syrian ofcls combed Damascus looking for Tice after his escape.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #Assad #Syria #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

  18. The #US ofcls confronted Moustapha with a document showing that the Syrians had #AustinTice in their custody in 2012. The document, one of the US ofcls said, was the equivalent of what is known in law enforcement circles as a “BOLO” — or be on the lookout — as Syrian ofcls combed Damascus looking for Tice after his escape.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #Assad #Syria #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

  19. The #US ofcls confronted Moustapha with a document showing that the Syrians had #AustinTice in their custody in 2012. The document, one of the US ofcls said, was the equivalent of what is known in law enforcement circles as a “BOLO” — or be on the lookout — as Syrian ofcls combed Damascus looking for Tice after his escape.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #Assad #Syria #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

  20. The #US ofcls confronted Moustapha with a document showing that the Syrians had #AustinTice in their custody in 2012. The document, one of the US ofcls said, was the equivalent of what is known in law enforcement circles as a “BOLO” — or be on the lookout — as Syrian ofcls combed Damascus looking for Tice after his escape.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #Assad #Syria #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

  21. The #US ofcls confronted Moustapha with a document showing that the Syrians had #AustinTice in their custody in 2012. The document, one of the US ofcls said, was the equivalent of what is known in law enforcement circles as a “BOLO” — or be on the lookout — as Syrian ofcls combed Damascus looking for Tice after his escape.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #Assad #Syria #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

  22. #AustinTice escaped weeks later but was recaptured by one of the security branches. A witness told the #FBI that #BasssmHassan was involved in Tice’s capture & imprisonment. After his recapture, Tice was placed in a detention facility under the control of Hassan, who was in charge of #Assad’s security….

    In 2022 & 2023, snr #Biden ofcls traveled to Oman to meet w/ Imad Moustapha, a fmr Syrian ambassador.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #Assad #Syria #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

  23. #AustinTice escaped weeks later but was recaptured by one of the security branches. A witness told the #FBI that #BasssmHassan was involved in Tice’s capture & imprisonment. After his recapture, Tice was placed in a detention facility under the control of Hassan, who was in charge of #Assad’s security….

    In 2022 & 2023, snr #Biden ofcls traveled to Oman to meet w/ Imad Moustapha, a fmr Syrian ambassador.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #Assad #Syria #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

  24. #AustinTice escaped weeks later but was recaptured by one of the security branches. A witness told the #FBI that #BasssmHassan was involved in Tice’s capture & imprisonment. After his recapture, Tice was placed in a detention facility under the control of Hassan, who was in charge of #Assad’s security….

    In 2022 & 2023, snr #Biden ofcls traveled to Oman to meet w/ Imad Moustapha, a fmr Syrian ambassador.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #Assad #Syria #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

  25. #AustinTice escaped weeks later but was recaptured by one of the security branches. A witness told the #FBI that #BasssmHassan was involved in Tice’s capture & imprisonment. After his recapture, Tice was placed in a detention facility under the control of Hassan, who was in charge of #Assad’s security….

    In 2022 & 2023, snr #Biden ofcls traveled to Oman to meet w/ Imad Moustapha, a fmr Syrian ambassador.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #Assad #Syria #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

  26. #AustinTice escaped weeks later but was recaptured by one of the security branches. A witness told the #FBI that #BasssmHassan was involved in Tice’s capture & imprisonment. After his recapture, Tice was placed in a detention facility under the control of Hassan, who was in charge of #Assad’s security….

    In 2022 & 2023, snr #Biden ofcls traveled to Oman to meet w/ Imad Moustapha, a fmr Syrian ambassador.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #Assad #Syria #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

  27. #AustinTice, a former Marine who graduated from the #Georgetown School of #ForeignService & was also enrolled in #law school there, was abducted in August 2012 after traveling to a suburb of Damascus. Weeks later, he appeared blindfolded in a video w/masked men carrying assault rifles. Former American ofcls believe that the video might have been a ruse to blame militants for his abduction.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #Assad #Syria #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

  28. #AustinTice, a former Marine who graduated from the #Georgetown School of #ForeignService & was also enrolled in #law school there, was abducted in August 2012 after traveling to a suburb of Damascus. Weeks later, he appeared blindfolded in a video w/masked men carrying assault rifles. Former American ofcls believe that the video might have been a ruse to blame militants for his abduction.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #Assad #Syria #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

  29. #AustinTice, a former Marine who graduated from the #Georgetown School of #ForeignService & was also enrolled in #law school there, was abducted in August 2012 after traveling to a suburb of Damascus. Weeks later, he appeared blindfolded in a video w/masked men carrying assault rifles. Former American ofcls believe that the video might have been a ruse to blame militants for his abduction.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #Assad #Syria #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

  30. #AustinTice, a former Marine who graduated from the #Georgetown School of #ForeignService & was also enrolled in #law school there, was abducted in August 2012 after traveling to a suburb of Damascus. Weeks later, he appeared blindfolded in a video w/masked men carrying assault rifles. Former American ofcls believe that the video might have been a ruse to blame militants for his abduction.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #Assad #Syria #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

  31. #AustinTice, a former Marine who graduated from the #Georgetown School of #ForeignService & was also enrolled in #law school there, was abducted in August 2012 after traveling to a suburb of Damascus. Weeks later, he appeared blindfolded in a video w/masked men carrying assault rifles. Former American ofcls believe that the video might have been a ruse to blame militants for his abduction.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #Assad #Syria #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

  32. Diplomatic efforts, along with a #CIA task force & secret outreach by the spy agency’s ofcls, failed to turn up info about #AustinTice. #US ofcls were deflated after the govt fell, & they were not able to unravel the mystery of Tice’s abduction even with a sizable reward & US spy agencies focused on #Syria. The country’s new president, Ahmed al-#Shara, also agreed to help search for Tice as part of his overtures to Washington.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

  33. Diplomatic efforts, along with a #CIA task force & secret outreach by the spy agency’s ofcls, failed to turn up info about #AustinTice. #US ofcls were deflated after the govt fell, & they were not able to unravel the mystery of Tice’s abduction even with a sizable reward & US spy agencies focused on #Syria. The country’s new president, Ahmed al-#Shara, also agreed to help search for Tice as part of his overtures to Washington.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

  34. Diplomatic efforts, along with a #CIA task force & secret outreach by the spy agency’s ofcls, failed to turn up info about #AustinTice. #US ofcls were deflated after the govt fell, & they were not able to unravel the mystery of Tice’s abduction even with a sizable reward & US spy agencies focused on #Syria. The country’s new president, Ahmed al-#Shara, also agreed to help search for Tice as part of his overtures to Washington.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

  35. Diplomatic efforts, along with a #CIA task force & secret outreach by the spy agency’s ofcls, failed to turn up info about #AustinTice. #US ofcls were deflated after the govt fell, & they were not able to unravel the mystery of Tice’s abduction even with a sizable reward & US spy agencies focused on #Syria. The country’s new president, Ahmed al-#Shara, also agreed to help search for Tice as part of his overtures to Washington.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

  36. Diplomatic efforts, along with a #CIA task force & secret outreach by the spy agency’s ofcls, failed to turn up info about #AustinTice. #US ofcls were deflated after the govt fell, & they were not able to unravel the mystery of Tice’s abduction even with a sizable reward & US spy agencies focused on #Syria. The country’s new president, Ahmed al-#Shara, also agreed to help search for Tice as part of his overtures to Washington.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

  37. Over a period of time since late April, #BassamHassan was interviewed by #FBI & #CIA. It is not clear how many times the investigators spoke to Hassan, or the extent of the info he provided about #AustinTice or other aspects of #Syria’s #ChemicalWeapons program or other activities under #Assad.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #Syria #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

  38. Over a period of time since late April, #BassamHassan was interviewed by #FBI & #CIA. It is not clear how many times the investigators spoke to Hassan, or the extent of the info he provided about #AustinTice or other aspects of #Syria’s #ChemicalWeapons program or other activities under #Assad.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #Syria #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

  39. Over a period of time since late April, #BassamHassan was interviewed by #FBI & #CIA. It is not clear how many times the investigators spoke to Hassan, or the extent of the info he provided about #AustinTice or other aspects of #Syria’s #ChemicalWeapons program or other activities under #Assad.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #Syria #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

  40. Over a period of time since late April, #BassamHassan was interviewed by #FBI & #CIA. It is not clear how many times the investigators spoke to Hassan, or the extent of the info he provided about #AustinTice or other aspects of #Syria’s #ChemicalWeapons program or other activities under #Assad.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #Syria #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

  41. Over a period of time since late April, #BassamHassan was interviewed by #FBI & #CIA. It is not clear how many times the investigators spoke to Hassan, or the extent of the info he provided about #AustinTice or other aspects of #Syria’s #ChemicalWeapons program or other activities under #Assad.

    #journalism #WarCorrespondence #Syria #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw