An Inquiry into the Deep State in the Context of New Revelation of the Easter Sunday Attack • Sri Lanka Brief

An Inquiry into the Deep State in the Context of New Revelation of the Easter Sunday Attack • Sri Lanka Brief

Sunanda Deshapriya. The first to write that the Deep State is behind the Easter Sunday Attack was Rajan Hoole, a well-known writer and author. In his book ‘When the Deep State gets out of its Depth’, he wrote: “Although the Deep State under J.R. Jayewardene largely remained hidden from public view after July 1983, it took on a new menacing character during the Rajapaksa presidency, when his brother Gotabaya was the Defense Secretary. It did so w…