James Le Mesurier

7.21: James Le Mesurier

An upper class English army officer then private security consultant, James Le Mesurier was not, at least on the surface, a typical do-gooder. And yet - for a while - he was hailed around the world as the founder and mainstay of the White Helmets in Syria, a group praised by Hollywood celebrities and western politicians as humanitarian heroes.

But were there secrets lying behind the well-publicized facade? What demons might have been haunting Le Mesurier when he died - under rather questionable circumstances - in November 2019 in Istanbul, Turkey?