koshergrl
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The people who were holding him do not ransom people for anything but cash.
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The official is not the first to suggest that a ransom was likely paid. Oliver North, who was involved in the Iran-Contra scandal that freed American hostages in Tehran in exchange for the sale of American weapons to Iran, insisted on Wednesday that cash changed hands.
Whether the Qataris paid it, or some big oil sheik, or somebody used our petrodollars, there was a ransom paid in cash for each one of them, my guess somewhere in the round numbers of $5 or 6 million to get Bergdahl freed, North told Newsmax.
Rubin agreed with the assessment, again citing the distinction between the Taliban and the Haqqani Network.
The groups do have links, but if Bergdahl was held by Haqqani and we released Quetta Shura, it seems Bergdahls captors were seeking something other than the Taliban prisoners, got paid off, and Obama simply used the trade as an excuse to release master terrorists from Gitmo, Rubin said.
The theory has not been confirmedthough State has yet to deny it eitherbut the senior intelligence official expressed concern that the United States may have enriched a terrorist network.
We just funded them for the next 10 years is my guess, he said."
Official: Bergdhal Details Don't Add Up | Washington Free Beacon
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The official is not the first to suggest that a ransom was likely paid. Oliver North, who was involved in the Iran-Contra scandal that freed American hostages in Tehran in exchange for the sale of American weapons to Iran, insisted on Wednesday that cash changed hands.
Whether the Qataris paid it, or some big oil sheik, or somebody used our petrodollars, there was a ransom paid in cash for each one of them, my guess somewhere in the round numbers of $5 or 6 million to get Bergdahl freed, North told Newsmax.
Rubin agreed with the assessment, again citing the distinction between the Taliban and the Haqqani Network.
The groups do have links, but if Bergdahl was held by Haqqani and we released Quetta Shura, it seems Bergdahls captors were seeking something other than the Taliban prisoners, got paid off, and Obama simply used the trade as an excuse to release master terrorists from Gitmo, Rubin said.
The theory has not been confirmedthough State has yet to deny it eitherbut the senior intelligence official expressed concern that the United States may have enriched a terrorist network.
We just funded them for the next 10 years is my guess, he said."
Official: Bergdhal Details Don't Add Up | Washington Free Beacon