Okay, grasping at straws here...
We know the devs use literary names and clues in their updates. By finding those clues, we might be able to glean what the devs are planning for us.
Remember that the last update was called "Through the Looking Glass". The 'new hero' is named The White Rabbit - both are references to the same Lewis Carroll book (also known as Alice in Wonderland). Could it be possible that they are related in this instance?
Maybe the 5th Column have been messing with portal technology... maybe they are pulling in soldiers from the past, or maybe even from the future?
Follow the White Rabbit... if he's saying the soldiers are spooked, that's the path we need to be following.
