Major Joshua Mast

And so she cold emailed Ambassador Bass, informed him of the situation, and he said, okay, we're going to sign this deputy, I think she was the acting deputy chief of mission at the time, the number two at the embassy, to handle it. And so we're like, great. And then there was a meeting set up for two days after that. And so that was October 23rd, 2019 is when that meeting occurred.

And so she cold emailed Ambassador Bass, informed him of the situation, and he said, okay, we're going to sign this deputy, I think she was the acting deputy chief of mission at the time, the number two at the embassy, to handle it. And so we're like, great. And then there was a meeting set up for two days after that. And so that was October 23rd, 2019 is when that meeting occurred.

And so she cold emailed Ambassador Bass, informed him of the situation, and he said, okay, we're going to sign this deputy, I think she was the acting deputy chief of mission at the time, the number two at the embassy, to handle it. And so we're like, great. And then there was a meeting set up for two days after that. And so that was October 23rd, 2019 is when that meeting occurred.

And what's so funny is I've been accused of fraud for knowing there was known family in this meeting that we had with the embassy. And the reality was, is that we were supposed to brief the embassy on the intelligence that DOD had.

And what's so funny is I've been accused of fraud for knowing there was known family in this meeting that we had with the embassy. And the reality was, is that we were supposed to brief the embassy on the intelligence that DOD had.

And what's so funny is I've been accused of fraud for knowing there was known family in this meeting that we had with the embassy. And the reality was, is that we were supposed to brief the embassy on the intelligence that DOD had.

And I stayed up to like three in the morning, gathering all the stuff and culling it out and making sure it was like chopped down to like the bare essentials to know like, what's the name of the guy in this building? Who's this guy in this photo that we got off the objective? Who was the target? Like, where does he fit in this Al-Qaeda network? And like, what is the fidelity we have?

And I stayed up to like three in the morning, gathering all the stuff and culling it out and making sure it was like chopped down to like the bare essentials to know like, what's the name of the guy in this building? Who's this guy in this photo that we got off the objective? Who was the target? Like, where does he fit in this Al-Qaeda network? And like, what is the fidelity we have?

And I stayed up to like three in the morning, gathering all the stuff and culling it out and making sure it was like chopped down to like the bare essentials to know like, what's the name of the guy in this building? Who's this guy in this photo that we got off the objective? Who was the target? Like, where does he fit in this Al-Qaeda network? And like, what is the fidelity we have?

And so I had two binders in my hand, one for the deputy chief of mission and one for our two-star operations officer. and we were going to brief the embassy on what we knew. So we show up at this meeting, and for lack of a better word, they ambushed us. So there are Afghans in this meeting where I'm supposed to talk about U.S.

And so I had two binders in my hand, one for the deputy chief of mission and one for our two-star operations officer. and we were going to brief the embassy on what we knew. So we show up at this meeting, and for lack of a better word, they ambushed us. So there are Afghans in this meeting where I'm supposed to talk about U.S.

And so I had two binders in my hand, one for the deputy chief of mission and one for our two-star operations officer. and we were going to brief the embassy on what we knew. So we show up at this meeting, and for lack of a better word, they ambushed us. So there are Afghans in this meeting where I'm supposed to talk about U.S.

classified documents and to explain to them how we know where she's from and that she is a foreign child and with all the concomitant risks associated with that in the Afghan system at that time. And... Not the first words out of her mouth, but very close to the first words out of this deputy chief from Mission South is, now that she's medically complete, how soon can you take her to the Afghans?

classified documents and to explain to them how we know where she's from and that she is a foreign child and with all the concomitant risks associated with that in the Afghan system at that time. And... Not the first words out of her mouth, but very close to the first words out of this deputy chief from Mission South is, now that she's medically complete, how soon can you take her to the Afghans?

classified documents and to explain to them how we know where she's from and that she is a foreign child and with all the concomitant risks associated with that in the Afghan system at that time. And... Not the first words out of her mouth, but very close to the first words out of this deputy chief from Mission South is, now that she's medically complete, how soon can you take her to the Afghans?

So this is two days after the vice president of the United States sets U.S. policy. After the four stars, like, yep, act in the child's best interest and try to get her back to the States. Like, U.S. forces Afghanistan and DOD is stepping out smartly on the administration's policy. Like, I admit that we advocated for that, like, totally.

So this is two days after the vice president of the United States sets U.S. policy. After the four stars, like, yep, act in the child's best interest and try to get her back to the States. Like, U.S. forces Afghanistan and DOD is stepping out smartly on the administration's policy. Like, I admit that we advocated for that, like, totally.

So this is two days after the vice president of the United States sets U.S. policy. After the four stars, like, yep, act in the child's best interest and try to get her back to the States. Like, U.S. forces Afghanistan and DOD is stepping out smartly on the administration's policy. Like, I admit that we advocated for that, like, totally.

As a captain, like, we were just—we were trying to inform decision makers. But that was U.S. policy. Like, absolutely. And they were directly insubordinate to what the administration told them to do. They were trying to make it a fait accompli, like she was already gone out of U.S. custody before it got traction and they had oversight. And so they never, ever— Why?

As a captain, like, we were just—we were trying to inform decision makers. But that was U.S. policy. Like, absolutely. And they were directly insubordinate to what the administration told them to do. They were trying to make it a fait accompli, like she was already gone out of U.S. custody before it got traction and they had oversight. And so they never, ever— Why?