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Oliver North: I Know a Ransom of $5-6 Million Was Paid to Free Bergdahl
Breitbart TV ^ | June 3, 2014 | Staff

Posted on 06/03/2014 4:42:07 PM PDT by Rufus2007

Tuesday on NewsMax TV, former U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Oliver North said U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was not a prisoner of war because he was actually being held "hostage" by the Haqqanis, a terrorist group separate from the Taliban and associated heavily with al Qaeda.

North said he knew there was at least a $1 million dollar ransom being demanded for Bergdahl some time ago so he estimated the price paid to release the hostage must be close to $5-6 million now.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bergdahl; bergdahlransom; bowebergdahl; gitmo; haqqanis; kenyanbornmuzzie; military; olivernorth
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Not sure how Oli would know, but holy cow if true...
1 posted on 06/03/2014 4:42:07 PM PDT by Rufus2007
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To: Rufus2007

It wouldn’t surprise me at all.


2 posted on 06/03/2014 4:44:39 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Rufus2007

I’m sure Ollie North has contacts on the inside.


3 posted on 06/03/2014 4:45:22 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: Rufus2007

the key to understanding The Regime:

Examine which possible story is the most crazy and treacherous —THAT is it.

It is ALWAYS like that with this Regime.


4 posted on 06/03/2014 4:45:26 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Rufus2007
Wow!

Five Taliban leaders, six dead US soldiers, AND 5-6 MILLION DOLLARS??????

5 posted on 06/03/2014 4:45:52 PM PDT by Ray76 (True change requires true change - A Second Party ...or else it's more of the same...)
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To: Rufus2007

I have been pondering whether we paid a ransom for Bergdahl.

If we did, we have not only emboldened our enemy, we had set an even greater precedent for the future—a very evil one.

Spill the beans, Col. North.

If true, a lot of people in DC need to be in Ft. Leavenworth.


6 posted on 06/03/2014 4:48:18 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Rufus2007
Nothing was paid to free Bergdahl.

Obama freed 5 high priority Taliban and paid x millions of dollars to terrorists because he wanted to.

The badminton playing junior terrorist in training was merely cover.

7 posted on 06/03/2014 4:48:49 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: Rufus2007

Love Oliver North ... but please ... surely we have someone other than Mr Iran Contra himself to make this case


8 posted on 06/03/2014 4:49:47 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Ray76

Enough to finance a war on Americans....and there is speculation our 400 surface to air missiles that disappeared in Benghazi are in the hands of either the Taliban or Al Quaida...there was gun running going on in Benghazi prior to the attack, which some had reported.

So if the Malaysian plane is somewhere in the possession of terrorists, we have a real problem...out there somewhere. Were any of these guys trained to pilot a plane? Did they need a jet pilot?


9 posted on 06/03/2014 4:50:48 PM PDT by Kackikat
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To: Rufus2007

Did the boy join with the INTENT of serving as Gitmo swap fodder…?

Did Obama KNOW ahead of time…?

10 posted on 06/03/2014 4:51:15 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: skeeter

“Obama freed 5 high priority Taliban and paid x millions of dollars to terrorists because he wanted to.”

As a mobster, every action by 0bama is a transaction. Paying would not be surprising for this vile man.


11 posted on 06/03/2014 4:51:19 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: Rufus2007

But was it $5M or $6M? Did we pay America’s enemies a bonus of $1M for each mass murdering terrorist Obama gave them, or did we pay that bonus for each mass murderer plus an extra $1M for the deserting traitor that Obama brought back?


12 posted on 06/03/2014 4:51:36 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: Ray76

“Five Taliban leaders, six dead US soldiers, AND 5-6 MILLION DOLLARS??????”

The classic definition of a crappy deal.


13 posted on 06/03/2014 4:52:05 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Ray76

Enough to finance a war on Americans....and there is speculation our 400 surface to air missiles that disappeared in Benghazi are in the hands of either the Taliban or Al Quaida...there was gun running going on in Benghazi prior to the attack, which some had reported.

So if the Malaysian plane is somewhere in the possession of terrorists, we have a real problem...out there somewhere. Were any of these guys trained to pilot a plane? Did they need a jet pilot?

Six billion disappeared with the State Department...and who got the fast and furious weapons across the Border from Holder’s fiasco? Mexico or ? There is a pattern here!


14 posted on 06/03/2014 4:52:37 PM PDT by Kackikat
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To: Rufus2007

I can’t believe that Obama would take tax money away from feeding millions of illegal Mexican kids and use it to free a fellow-muslim. What is this country coming to?


15 posted on 06/03/2014 4:52:46 PM PDT by equalator
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To: Ray76

Enough to finance a war on Americans....and there is speculation our 400 surface to air missiles that disappeared in Benghazi are in the hands of either the Taliban or Al Quaida...there was gun running going on in Benghazi prior to the attack, which some had reported.

So if the Malaysian plane is somewhere in the possession of terrorists, we have a real problem...out there somewhere. Were any of these guys trained to pilot a plane? Did they need a jet pilot?

Six billion disappeared with the State Department...and who got the fast and furious weapons across the Border from Holder’s fiasco? Mexico or ? There is a pattern here!


16 posted on 06/03/2014 4:52:50 PM PDT by Kackikat
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To: Ray76

Enough to finance a war on Americans....and there is speculation our 400 surface to air missiles that disappeared in Benghazi are in the hands of either the Taliban or Al Quaida...there was gun running going on in Benghazi prior to the attack, which some had reported.

So if the Malaysian plane is somewhere in the possession of terrorists, we have a real problem...out there somewhere. Were any of these guys trained to pilot a plane? Did they need a jet pilot?

Six billion disappeared with the State Department...and who got the fast and furious weapons across the Border from Holder’s fiasco? Mexico or ? There is a pattern here!


17 posted on 06/03/2014 4:53:07 PM PDT by Kackikat
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To: Nachum

Ping.


18 posted on 06/03/2014 4:53:18 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: plain talk

I was just going to say, not exactly the best messenger for this case.


19 posted on 06/03/2014 4:53:28 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Rufus2007

I’m sure there was a demand for money when they first took him. No surprise there.
Maybe the 5 terrorists released were in lieu of $$?


20 posted on 06/03/2014 4:53:44 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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