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Part Two: Jack Idema: The War On Terror's Dumbest Grifter

Behind the Bastards

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Jackadema's Trial in Afghanistan - Is He a Con Man?

A video played during the trial show to Dema talking with officials from US General William Boykin's office about an impending attack he planned on a terrorist cell. "They probably thought he was legitimate at some period of time, or at least enough of them did that he was able to get away with it for a while," says CNN Pentagon correspondent Peter Bergen. The judge who was trying their case was somebody that Jack had abducted, arrested and tortured.

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