User blog comment:JakePT/Mass Effect 3 to be Revealed at VGA Awards?/@comment-3061137-20101203093755/@comment-217683-20101203101537

The SIS must have changed quite a bit if they have someone like this, not to mention a whole squad of them.

It still doesn't explain how or why he got separated. I.E. what they're doing in a war-torn area when, near as we can tell, this doesn't fit with any of the known wars or conflicts in Mass Effect.