Congress is pushing through authorization to attack Syria, but what about the questions about the rebels, chemical weapons, and if this will only further destabilize a troubled region? We look at the potential for disaster and the things to consider when intervening in Syria with retired FBI agent and Middle East expert Tim Clemente on this Media Mayhem.

As an FBI Special Agent Tim Clemente worked as a counter-terrorism and tactical operations expert around the world, specializing in Europe, the Balkans, the Middle East, and Africa.

An expert interviewer/interrogator, he is extremely adept at “flipping” people, effortlessly turning

defendants, detainees, and targets into cooperators. Tim spent five years running a highly classified (above Top Secret), covert joint operation with the DOE NEST, directly protecting the United States from the threat of rogue nuclear and WMD attack. In his undercover persona as a drug smuggler, Tim worked on long-term narcotics and organized crime investigations in the US, Colombia, and Venezuela, targeting and taking down members of the notorious Cali Cartel.

Prior to the FBI Tim was a Police Officer with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

After his career with the FBI Tim worked as an embedded, uniformed Counter Improvised Explosive Device Investigator with the US Army 3rd Corps in Iraq in 2007, and with the 101st Airborne Division at Ft Campbell, Kentucky in 2008.

He is the author of Courage – A Pictorial Essay on Life in Iraq Today (Feb 2008), and the inventor of the Height Adjustable Rescue Assault System (HARAS), currently in use by leading counter-terrorism agencies on five continents.