societyMay 19, 202055:33pending
Part One: Jack Idema: The War On Terror's Dumbest Grifter
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Robert is joined by Danl Goodman to discuss Jack Idema, the greatest conman of The Afghan War.
Footnotes:
- Operation Desert Fraud
- Bad company: 'Jack' Idema and the bounty hunters of Kabul
- Vigilante Torturer Dies in Mexico
- Osama-Hunter Only the Latest Terror-Fightin' Wannabe
- Man Who Hunted Bin Laden With a Sword Now Jailed on a Gun Charge
- The Man Who Believed Himself
- The Shadow Warrior: Jack Idema
- Freelance Terrorist Hunter
- Tin Soldier
- Convicted Torturer, Vigilante in Mexican Stand-Off
- Jack Idema
- Jack Idema, jailed for torturing Afghans, reportedly dies in Mexico
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