I'd forgotten all about this guy. This is some very shady business that will never see the light of day in the US media. Just another lone bad apple who can't seem to play by the rules....yeah, right!
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The US Department of Defense has admitted having contact with a former US soldier, Jonathan Idema, charged in Afghanistan with torturing civilians.
But it says it rejected Mr Idema's offer to work together in capturing terror suspects in Afghanistan.
Mr Idema - who was arrested by Afghan security agents in July - says his operation was approved by the US.
He and two other US citizens are being tried for torture, kidnapping and running a private jail in Kabul.
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When Jonathan Idema, also known as Jack, first appeared in court in Kabul last month, he was asked to prove his claims to have had links with the US Department of Defense.
One name he mentioned was Heather Anderson, the Pentagon's Acting Director of Security, who answers to the chief official responsible for intelligence matters in the office of
Donald Rumsfeld, the US Defence Secretary.
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During the his trial, Mr Idema has alleged that hundreds of videos, photos and documents were removed by FBI officers after his arrest in Kabul.
He said the documents would prove that "while we were not in the United States army, we were working for the United States army".
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3601030.stm
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