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Former CIA operative: Bergdahl was ‘high’ when captured in Afghanistan
Fox News ^ | June 15, 2015 | Catherine Herridge

Posted on 06/15/2015 6:03:06 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was apparently “high” with a small group of Afghan soldiers when they were picked up by nomads in 2009, according to a former CIA operative who was running a network of informants on the ground.

The information brings some additional detail to the otherwise murky picture of the circumstances of Bergdahl’s disappearance and capture, five years before the Obama administration traded five Guantanamo prisoners for Bergdahl’s freedom. The former CIA operative told Fox News Bergdahl was captured along with others, and sold to the Haqqani terrorist network in Pakistan within four days.

“The call came in and what it said was they had just broken out the message that an American soldier along with two or three Afghan soldiers had been captured or taken by a group of nomads,” Duane ‘Dewey’ Clarridge told Fox News, speaking for the first time publicly about the incident.

He added that the call said, “they were using the Pashto ‘diwana,’ which in this case meant high on hashish.” …

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; bergdahl; rop; taliban

1 posted on 06/15/2015 6:03:06 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

He should consider himself lucky to get a general discharge, but Obama’s folks give him back pay and a promotion.


2 posted on 06/15/2015 6:15:47 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Olog-hai

Cannabis, the Arab drug.


3 posted on 06/15/2015 6:42:02 PM PDT by ansel12
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To: Olog-hai
That's what I love about these high school girls jihadists, man. I get older, they stay the same age.
4 posted on 06/15/2015 7:28:17 PM PDT by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: Olog-hai

The story is only murky if you aren’t paying attention. It’s pretty obvious what happened here, and the Administration’s handling of it was treasonous.


5 posted on 06/15/2015 7:30:05 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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6 posted on 06/15/2015 9:08:05 PM PDT by Antoninus II
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To: Olog-hai

I listened to “Dewey”.....he sounded high himself! This story is coming out to make BO look BETTER, not worse. He WALKED AWAY and WENT TO the TALIBAN!!!


7 posted on 06/16/2015 3:20:37 AM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Olog-hai
Why would him being high on Hashish have any bearing on his military charges...
8 posted on 06/16/2015 3:25:06 AM PDT by Popman (Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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Military aren’t allowed to use illicit drugs.


9 posted on 06/16/2015 6:13:49 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: ViLaLuz
Military aren’t allowed to use illicit drugs.

Thanks for the heads up, but who actually thinks the military allows illicit drug use ?

I believe that falls into the category of common knowledge...

10 posted on 06/16/2015 6:44:07 AM PDT by Popman (Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: Popman

I should have explained, hard to write on a phone. But since you asked, his drug use would support a pattern of disobeying orders.


11 posted on 06/16/2015 6:48:40 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: ViLaLuz
Why would him being high on Hashish have any bearing on his military charges...

My only point was he is not being charged with illicit drug use as far as I know...but desertion and misbehavior before the enemy...

...his drug use would support a pattern of disobeying orders.

Completely understood...

12 posted on 06/16/2015 6:54:33 AM PDT by Popman (Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: Popman

Also as part of misbehavior before the enemy, upfront and personal in his case. There’s probably more disgusting behavior under that rock, too.


13 posted on 06/16/2015 7:04:53 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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