"He is not a defector, he is a millionaire,"

"At a meeting of European diplomats in the Qatari capital, Doha, in May it was agreed that Syrian officials should be "incentivised" to break with the regime in Damascus to accelerate its collapse, sources said.But the strategy has raised questions about the motivation of those officials who defect and the role they might seek in a post-Assad government.....
"They came to the decision that publicly the Annan plan had to be supported, but privately they needed an alternative. Defections were not coming fast enough. They had to coerce and incentivise these guys to drive a wedge into the regime," said a source familiar with events at the meeting. "Bribes were never mentioned explicitly, there was no need."
Qatari officials were not at the meeting, but Doha indicated via one of the diplomats that it would go down this route only if it had Western support.
The strategy appeared to yield immediate benefits ....

"Certainly, bribes are being paid," said an FSA fundraiser. "Western intelligence agencies are keen to incentivise regime officials. The friends of Syria are already thinking of the next phase after Assad, trying to gather third- and fourth-tier officials for the next step.....Manaf Tlass, the general and former right-hand man to Assad who fled to Paris last month, arouses huge cynicism among the opposition.
"He is not a defector, he is a millionaire," one FSA co-ordinator said.
Syrian defectors do not just receive a suitcase of cash for their pains, but are expected to contribute to the opposition effort....."