Major Joshua Mast
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And they put us in a scissor truck, like those ones that go back and forth between the terminals and can elevate and stuff for different. And they put us in the scissor truck and they drive us way out on Dulles airport. And it looked like a Bond movie where they're unveiling like a prototype aircraft, like a huge hangar. And it's got like 500 beds in there.
And they put us in a scissor truck, like those ones that go back and forth between the terminals and can elevate and stuff for different. And they put us in the scissor truck and they drive us way out on Dulles airport. And it looked like a Bond movie where they're unveiling like a prototype aircraft, like a huge hangar. And it's got like 500 beds in there.
And they put us in a scissor truck, like those ones that go back and forth between the terminals and can elevate and stuff for different. And they put us in the scissor truck and they drive us way out on Dulles airport. And it looked like a Bond movie where they're unveiling like a prototype aircraft, like a huge hangar. And it's got like 500 beds in there.
And they got computers set up over here and they got guys kitted up with like flaxen ARs. And I'm like, this does not look like COVID test material. And I watched them go hard at my guy. Like, what were you doing in 2014? Like going down the list, just reaming him out and interrogating him.
And they got computers set up over here and they got guys kitted up with like flaxen ARs. And I'm like, this does not look like COVID test material. And I watched them go hard at my guy. Like, what were you doing in 2014? Like going down the list, just reaming him out and interrogating him.
And they got computers set up over here and they got guys kitted up with like flaxen ARs. And I'm like, this does not look like COVID test material. And I watched them go hard at my guy. Like, what were you doing in 2014? Like going down the list, just reaming him out and interrogating him.
And before that, he was sitting, and this guy's Pashtun, and a lot of our allies are Dari speaker of Persian origin, right? It was different tribes that were helping us for the most part. There were some Pashtun tribes that helped. But he had not spoken to a lot of the other refugees because he didn't speak Dari, and he was a Pashtun.
And before that, he was sitting, and this guy's Pashtun, and a lot of our allies are Dari speaker of Persian origin, right? It was different tribes that were helping us for the most part. There were some Pashtun tribes that helped. But he had not spoken to a lot of the other refugees because he didn't speak Dari, and he was a Pashtun.
And before that, he was sitting, and this guy's Pashtun, and a lot of our allies are Dari speaker of Persian origin, right? It was different tribes that were helping us for the most part. There were some Pashtun tribes that helped. But he had not spoken to a lot of the other refugees because he didn't speak Dari, and he was a Pashtun.
but he's sitting there in this detention facility, like holding hands and chatting, because they hold hands with their friends and he's like chatting away. And that's the first person I'd seen him talk to this, like for five days in the camps. And I'm like, who's his friend to this person who speaks English? And they're like, oh, this is his friend from his home village.
but he's sitting there in this detention facility, like holding hands and chatting, because they hold hands with their friends and he's like chatting away. And that's the first person I'd seen him talk to this, like for five days in the camps. And I'm like, who's his friend to this person who speaks English? And they're like, oh, this is his friend from his home village.
but he's sitting there in this detention facility, like holding hands and chatting, because they hold hands with their friends and he's like chatting away. And that's the first person I'd seen him talk to this, like for five days in the camps. And I'm like, who's his friend to this person who speaks English? And they're like, oh, this is his friend from his home village.
Not his home city, his village. Back in the boonies where she had been recovered on the mission, because he wasn't from the big city, he just lived there later in life. He was from this village where she was recovered. And so he's sitting here in this detention facility, getting reamed out by our guys with another guy from his home village.
Not his home city, his village. Back in the boonies where she had been recovered on the mission, because he wasn't from the big city, he just lived there later in life. He was from this village where she was recovered. And so he's sitting here in this detention facility, getting reamed out by our guys with another guy from his home village.
Not his home city, his village. Back in the boonies where she had been recovered on the mission, because he wasn't from the big city, he just lived there later in life. He was from this village where she was recovered. And so he's sitting here in this detention facility, getting reamed out by our guys with another guy from his home village.
And so I've just got this pattern going of child from a capture-kill mission, Al-Qaeda, talking to the Taliban shadow governor responsible for those foreign fighter camps, says he has Taliban in his phone, flags at Dulles. And I go to the CBP agents like, dude, what is this place? Like, I don't know. Like, I didn't understand. Like, I wasn't sure.
And so I've just got this pattern going of child from a capture-kill mission, Al-Qaeda, talking to the Taliban shadow governor responsible for those foreign fighter camps, says he has Taliban in his phone, flags at Dulles. And I go to the CBP agents like, dude, what is this place? Like, I don't know. Like, I didn't understand. Like, I wasn't sure.
And so I've just got this pattern going of child from a capture-kill mission, Al-Qaeda, talking to the Taliban shadow governor responsible for those foreign fighter camps, says he has Taliban in his phone, flags at Dulles. And I go to the CBP agents like, dude, what is this place? Like, I don't know. Like, I didn't understand. Like, I wasn't sure.
He's like, oh, this is where the inconclusives are. I'm like, what is that? And he's like, oh, they flagged on the terror watch list. And like, we're vetting them to see if they're a match. And I'm like, You know, I feel immediately responsible. Like, I'm a Marine Corps officer. I expedited this guy through, and I knew all this stuff, right?
He's like, oh, this is where the inconclusives are. I'm like, what is that? And he's like, oh, they flagged on the terror watch list. And like, we're vetting them to see if they're a match. And I'm like, You know, I feel immediately responsible. Like, I'm a Marine Corps officer. I expedited this guy through, and I knew all this stuff, right?