Have we seen something move against them to this extent before? On this large of a scale? Certainly not in recent history; if ever.
The more you look into the players involved on "our side," the more reasons you find for these people to have a bone to pick with the bad actors. Hell, the just NSA alone would love to take a stab at (((our greatest ally))) for what they did to their USS Liberty. Not to mention all the other sacrifices we've done for them. They also are at odds with the CIA and have been for decades.
These and many other reasons is how I know that these people are not on the same team. They'd sooner knife each other in the back at the first opportunity.