On the Jack Idema front, supposedly he was there as part of a military counterterrorism operation that was operating under the radar (watch CBS’ “The Unit” for an idea of how these kinds of units operate) and picked up a Taliban supporter with Al Quaeda connections and very strong polical ties to the Karzai government. This was an embarrassment to the State Department so they had his team arrested, took their credentials, and had a kangaroo court of Taliban supporters convict and then imprison them. The conviction was thrown out on appeal, but the State Department and CIA have been doing everything in their power to prevent Jack and his team from returning to the US for fear they may have the documentation necessary to prove State and CIA involvement in their arrest and imprisonment.

Does that clear things up Tofu? Basically the story is that Jack Idema and his team were making people in State and the CIA look bad, so State and CIA had him arrested, imprisoned and tortured by the locals. If, like a lot of liberals, you are complaining about the US snatching terror suspects for interrogation in secret prisons, this should frighten you. This isn’t a terror suspect being turned over to the Egyption government for interrogation, this was an innocent US citizen held illegally and tortured at the behest of the State Dept and CIA.

Sorry if I didn’t dig into the links and try to figure it all out, but it sounds like a private US citizen was trying to play Jack Bauer without an endorsement from the US government.

Thanks for putting this up, Peejz.