A man who was filmed by CNN being released by rebels from a Damascus jail was a former intelligence officer with the deposed Syrian regime, according to local residents, and not an ordinary citizen who had been imprisoned, as he had claimed, CNN reports.

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After airing an emotional segment showing a man supposedly freed from a Syrian prison after spending three months in the dark, CNN now says it’s investigating whether he gave a “false identity” after a fact-checking group accused him of being a torturer in Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

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A CNN team rescued a prisoner from Syrian jail – but all may not have been as it seemed

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CNN says its report on a freed Syrian prisoner is not what it initially believed

A prisoner who was freed by CNN reporter Clarissa Ward was actually a notorious member of Bashar al-Assad’s forces, a fact check has revealed.

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Prisoner freed by CNN in Syria was member of Assad’s forces who killed civilians and tortured innocent men: Report

A report by CNN's Clarissa Ward about a freed Syrian prisoner provided some dramatic scenes, but the network has since found that it apparently wasn't all that it appeared

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A man who was filmed by CNN being released by rebels from a Damascus jail was a former intelligence officer with the deposed Syrian regime, according to local residents, and not an ordinary citizen who had been imprisoned, as he had claimed.

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Freed prisoner who said he was a victim of the Assad regime was an intelligence officer, locals say

The man found under a blanket in a prison in Damascus had claimed he had been arrested three months ago and interrogated about his phone contacts.

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CNN investigates claim man ‘rescued’ from Syrian jail was part of Assad’s forces

CNN is acknowledging that a gripping story it aired last week depicting a Syrian man being let free from a Damascus prison after the fall of dictator Bashar Assad's regime was not what it seemed.

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The prisoner CNN escorted out of jail after he was freed by Syrian rebels was actually Salama Mohammad Salama , a notorious member of ousted President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, who tricked the outlet and rebels into helping him, according to a local fact checker.

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All the clues that Syrian prisoner CNN helped free was hidden Assad regime torturer

THE viral “prisoner” discovered by a CNN news crew cowering in a cell was one of Assad’s evil torturers, a Syrian fact-checking site has claimed. The so-called imprisoned civilian was found trembling under a blanket before being freed by the team, exclaiming: “Oh God, there is light.” CNNThe TV crew found the apparent Syrian prisoner hiding under a blanket[/caption]
CNNThe Syrian prisoner looks up at the sky and exclaims, ‘Oh God, there is light…

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Syrian ‘prisoner’ found by CNN crew in cell 'was actually an Assad officer'

CNN reporter says ‘very difficult to verify information in real time’ after prisoner turned out to be an ex-intelligence officer, not a civilian.

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CNN’s gripping Syria report unravels: freed prisoner was really an intelligence officer

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CNN Corrects Report on Syrian Prisoner's Identity After Investigation

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