Major Joshua Mast

They basically said that they're going to be handed over to an anonymous person through the Red Cross at this time and date. and were just letting us know that that was happening so we could try to stop it. And so we filed what's called a temporary restraining order to try to get one, and it's a high bar to get that against the government.

Well, I'm not supposed to talk about exactly where it was. Whatever, in Afghanistan. Yes. Not anywhere near where she was recovered. And to someone who spoke a different language and was a different race. And to me, knowing what I know now, I'm even more upset than I was then. Because then it was like... Isn't that fucking kidnapping? That's how we viewed it. So this is the U.S. government.

Well, I'm not supposed to talk about exactly where it was. Whatever, in Afghanistan. Yes. Not anywhere near where she was recovered. And to someone who spoke a different language and was a different race. And to me, knowing what I know now, I'm even more upset than I was then. Because then it was like... Isn't that fucking kidnapping? That's how we viewed it. So this is the U.S. government.

Well, I'm not supposed to talk about exactly where it was. Whatever, in Afghanistan. Yes. Not anywhere near where she was recovered. And to someone who spoke a different language and was a different race. And to me, knowing what I know now, I'm even more upset than I was then. Because then it was like... Isn't that fucking kidnapping? That's how we viewed it. So this is the U.S. government.

But again, I think with the administration...

But again, I think with the administration...

But again, I think with the administration...

And that's exactly how we felt because we had gone to the authorities, we'd appealed, we'd informed them about like what we knew about on the ground, on the ground facts that are corroborated to this day. And they had recognized this authority. And I think they ended up citing like a technicality like, oh, you didn't formally notify the Department of Justice about this proceeding.

And that's exactly how we felt because we had gone to the authorities, we'd appealed, we'd informed them about like what we knew about on the ground, on the ground facts that are corroborated to this day. And they had recognized this authority. And I think they ended up citing like a technicality like, oh, you didn't formally notify the Department of Justice about this proceeding.

And that's exactly how we felt because we had gone to the authorities, we'd appealed, we'd informed them about like what we knew about on the ground, on the ground facts that are corroborated to this day. And they had recognized this authority. And I think they ended up citing like a technicality like, oh, you didn't formally notify the Department of Justice about this proceeding.

And I've got the email traffic where I give it to my colonel the next day, four months before all this went down. So they basically cited technicalities like, oh, you didn't do this bureaucratic thing correctly. But as far as knowing, the U.S. government knowing this, we were emailing the White House chief of staff. We were talking to Senator Cruz's office. They were phenomenal.

And I've got the email traffic where I give it to my colonel the next day, four months before all this went down. So they basically cited technicalities like, oh, you didn't do this bureaucratic thing correctly. But as far as knowing, the U.S. government knowing this, we were emailing the White House chief of staff. We were talking to Senator Cruz's office. They were phenomenal.

And I've got the email traffic where I give it to my colonel the next day, four months before all this went down. So they basically cited technicalities like, oh, you didn't do this bureaucratic thing correctly. But as far as knowing, the U.S. government knowing this, we were emailing the White House chief of staff. We were talking to Senator Cruz's office. They were phenomenal.

They were advocating like, hey, this is insane. We can't turn a child over without vetting. And so the embassy was representing that the Afghans didn't want to do a DNA test. Well, I've got the email where they're requesting it. I've got the testimony.

They were advocating like, hey, this is insane. We can't turn a child over without vetting. And so the embassy was representing that the Afghans didn't want to do a DNA test. Well, I've got the email where they're requesting it. I've got the testimony.

They were advocating like, hey, this is insane. We can't turn a child over without vetting. And so the embassy was representing that the Afghans didn't want to do a DNA test. Well, I've got the email where they're requesting it. I've got the testimony.

And the embassy is saying? They don't do it in the email because they're smart. They did it in the meeting on December 31st. And then they iced this guy. And by God's grace, we got him out of a dangerous place and to America. Now he's here today because of her ordeal and getting turned over. This guy who was supposed to protect her ended up getting saved by her.

And the embassy is saying? They don't do it in the email because they're smart. They did it in the meeting on December 31st. And then they iced this guy. And by God's grace, we got him out of a dangerous place and to America. Now he's here today because of her ordeal and getting turned over. This guy who was supposed to protect her ended up getting saved by her.

And the embassy is saying? They don't do it in the email because they're smart. They did it in the meeting on December 31st. And then they iced this guy. And by God's grace, we got him out of a dangerous place and to America. Now he's here today because of her ordeal and getting turned over. This guy who was supposed to protect her ended up getting saved by her.

And that's the case for a lot of the folks we helped in the withdrawal because I told Sylvia, I don't know why, but I feel like it's going to be okay. And what we've come to learn from our experience is that that was providential because I wouldn't have been – I wouldn't have had visa experience. I wouldn't know what USCIS was. I wouldn't know what a humanitarian parole was.