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The Syrian-Lebanese intelligence network has retained many of its tools and tactics after the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon in 2005. Anonymous murders targeting anti-Syrian politicians, journalists and security officers continued. Open assaults against journalists, such as Future TV correspondent Omar Harkous, have also remained another means of bullying this network uses.
The network has expanded its operation to the cyberspace, which due to its infancy, still lacks regulations required for protection against cybercrime, including slander, defame, impersonation and the use of foul language.
But this Syrian-Lebanese expansion has an upside: It has put some faces to the pseudonyms of ghosts who have been sabotaging Lebanese democracy for over a decade now. The cyber jungle has unintentionally revealed part of the anonymity and brought it from its dark alleys to the light of computer monitors. The rule of law will certainly follow soon.
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