FBI accused of concealing link to mercenary jailer in Afghanistan

[UpInArms]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,1284663,00.html

An American mercenary accused of kidnapping and torturing terror suspects in Afghanistan told a court in Kabul yesterday that the FBI was withholding hundreds of papers, photographs and videotapes showing that he was employed by the agency, as well as by the CIA and the US military.

The American government denies all links with the former special forces soldier, Jonathan "Jack" Idema, a convicted fraudster, but has agreed to return the controversial documents, the court hearing was told.

The case against Mr Idema was adjourned for a week to allow him to examine the documents and prove his alleged links with the US government.

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But he said his main objective was to hunt for the "bad guys" in collaboration with the US army, through links that reached as high as the office of the defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld.

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[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. This Idema Guy...

Has his story and is sticking to it. Either he is lying through his teefuses, or he has been punked big, bad and ugly.

Welcome to the true meaning of plausible deniability.

[acmavm]

2. Yeah, talk about the proverbial screwing. The guy did have the name of

someone in I think Rumsfeld's office that he was supposed to have touched base with.

Oh hell, face it. It's the new thing, mercenaries who will gladly do the dirty work. I mean, they can't afford the military getting caught at any more tricks. And this isn't anything new for American governments. Look at all the nasty crap that happened in Central America during the Reagan days. Find a few psychopaths, provide them with ammo cover, and let them go to work.

I'm starting to believe they guy to tell the truth. It's not like there' nothing too sleazy, too cowardly for them to pull., Send in some crazies and let them torture the natives for info so that they don't end up with another totally failed situation on their hands, while they sit here in the US, safe and sound.

[DulceDecorum]

3. Say, how about we

get some other School of the Americas grads to
torture Idema
and everyone he names as an accomplice.

What is Jack McGeorge doing these days?