Orbán cabinet: Fake news on Syrian president’s arrival in Budapest could be coordinated secret services operation
Fake news lacking any factual basis about the ousted Syrian president landing in Budapest resulted in a dangerous situation, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office said on Thursday, adding it was possible that a “coordinated secret services operation” was behind the reports.
What’s behind the fake news about the Syrian president’s arrival in Budapest?
Gergely Gulyás told a regular press briefing that it could not be ruled out that the reports did not just result from human error but a “coordinated secret services operation”.
A national security investigation is under way which is expected to reveal whether those that spread the fake news were also part of the secret services operation or they were “merely useful idiots who could be used by other states for their own purposes,” Gulyás said.
He added that the Hungarian services had to make great efforts as early as on Sunday to refute the fake news.
Gulyás said that as a result of the fake news, employees of the Hungarian foreign representative office and Hungarians living in the country had come under threat, protection had to be provided for the Syrian embassy in Budapest, and an increased risk of terrorist activity had to be calculated with.
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…or it could be from some other source. You just don’t know until you have real evidence and what is the motive? If you are going to say it was a “secret services operation” then let’s not rule out the Hungarian secret services putting that out to allow Fidesz to discredit the opposition media for putting out a false story and putting all of Hungary at risk which is exactly what happened. Now there is a motive.
I should add that I did not see any international media report this false story. It was confined to Hungary and thus originated in Hungary. If any foreign country’s secret service wanted to smear Hungary internationally with this story it was a complete failure
and why would they do it if you know it is going to be quickly disproven. The only resulting effect is to discredit anyone who reports it. Probably Orban is trying to spin lies to make the Hungarian public feel that they are under attack by the “evil West” who they must resist while creating a bigger alliance with the “real friends” of Hungary which are Russia and China.