by Matt Farwell
Furlong’s intelligence operations, scope and shutdown of, 122–24
lack of personnel recovery team to coordinate, 119–20
Money, Ideology, Coercion, Ego (MICE), 102
Pentagon and CIA feuding, post-Chapman attack, 166, 167–68
Wilson and Pelton gather, 100–3, 116–17
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
American troops as serving under, 30
Bergdahl’s in-processing, 57
Flynn as director of intelligence for, 89, 91
Gardez incident and, 195
interpreters, 106–8
Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), 11
attempts to derail Norwegian peace attempts, 207
al-Balawi’s suicide bombing funded by, 163–64
Haqqani and other mercenary groups carrying out policies of, 144–45
Operation Cyclone and, 12
Truman’s bankrolling of, 140–41
In the Valley of Elah (film), 285
Iran-Contra, 95–96, 235
Iraq invasion, 26
ISAF. See International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
Israel, 140
Jackson, Robert, 258
Jawbreaker operations, 23
Jedburgh teams, 82–83
Jefferson, Thomas, 183
Jenkins, Tricia, 286–87
Jinnah, Muhammad Ali, 139, 140
Johnson, Jeh, 222, 252
Johnson, Lyndon, 187
Joint Personnel Recovery Agency (JPRA), 173, 192, 274
Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC)
authorization required for missions in Pakistan, 137
creation and mission of, 137
FBI-JSOC plan for Bergdahl’s release, 244
McChrystal’s and Flynn’s accomplishments at, 90–91
ordered to stand down in DUSTWUN, 120
rescue mission options drawn up by, 137–38
Jordan, Eason, 101, 123
JSOC. See Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC)
Kahn, Zakeem, 29
Karzai, Hamid, 28, 238, 326
CIA brings to Afghanistan, 23–24
named interim president, 25
peace summit convened by, Taliban attack at, 199–200
Karzai, Qayum, 326
Kayani, Ashfaq Parvez, 145, 146, 154, 155
Kelly, John F., 252–3
Kelly, Megyn, 269–71, 280–81
Kerry, John, 225, 238, 252, 256
Khairkhwa, Khairullah, 206
Khomeini, Ruhollah, 142
kidnappings, 147–52
King, Peter, 286
Koenig, Sarah, 293, 298, 308–12
Kolenda, Chris, 212, 213
Korean War, 184–85
Koski, Kyle, 37
Krongard, Alexander, 257
Kurz, Margaret, 295, 305
L3 Communications, 106
Labrador, Raul, 225–26
Laird, Melvin, 187, 188
Lane, Jack, 15
Langan, Sean, 148–49
Langley, James, 141
Larson, Jani, 14
Larson, Matt, 45
Lashkar-e-Taiba, 144–45, 152
Lashkar Gah, 12
Leatherman, Greg, 64–65, 322
Lee, Monica, 68
LeMond, Greg, 9
Leopold, Jason, 286–87
Levin, Carl, 286
“Little America” project, 12
Lo Porto, Giovanni, 335
Luddin, Tahir, 150, 152
Lumpkin, Michael, 252, 254
Lute, Douglas, 211, 212, 213, 222
Luttrell, Marcus, 113
Lynch, Jessica, 120, 192, 274
Lynch, Tim, 97
MacArthur, Douglas, 89–90
MacCallum Martha, 307–8
McCain, John, 195, 264, 286, 297–98
McChrystal, Stanley, 78, 88, 89–91, 170
Flynn and, 90
in Iraq operations, 90–91
McCullar, Gerald, 228, 230
McDonough, Denis, 222, 227
McKeon, Howard, 254
McKiernan, David, 89–90
McMaster, H. R., 165
McNamara, Robert, 215
Malkin, Michelle, 135
Manning, Chelsea, 316
Mao Zedong, 30
Marsano, Tim, 131, 221, 226, 262
Martin, Sue, 131, 262, 271
Martinek, Matthew, 266, 331
Marx, John, 317
Massoud, Ahmed Shah, 23
Matthews, Jennifer, 162–63
Mattis, James, 31, 170, 197, 235–36, 278, 280, 281
Maupin, Keith, 216–17
Maupin, Matt, 216–17
Mazzetti, Mark, 217
Mehsud, Baitullah, 153, 154–55
MI6, 12
MICE (Money, Ideology, Coercion, Ego), 102
Mid-South Institute of Self Defense Shooting, 39–41
Milley, Mark, 291
Mission Essential Personnel, 106
Mohammed, John, 263
Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh, 142
Monaco, Lisa, 257
Money, Ideology, Coercion, Ego (MICE), 102
Morell, Michael, 222
Morgan, Charles, 322–23
Morita, Johnathan, 317, 318
Morrison-Knudsen, 12
Mughniyeh, Imad, 95
Mujahid, Zabihullah, 161, 197
mujahideen, 11, 12, 13–14
Mullen, Deborah, 196
Mullen, Michael, 145, 164, 169, 196–97, 259
Muller, Artie, 229
Mulvihill, Kristen, 150–51
Muqrin bin Abdulaziz, 210
Musashi, Miyamoto, 53
Musharraf, Pervez, 142, 145, 154
Mustion, Richard, 275
Mützelburg, Bernd, 211
My Lai Massacre, 304
Nance, Jeffrey, 302, 319–20, 329, 330–31
Naqibullah, Mullah, 24–25
Nascimento, Odilon, 54
National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), 215, 254
National League of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, 187
National Security Act, 140–41
National Training Center (NTC), 54
NATO. See North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act), 215, 254
negotiation policy of U.S. See POW/hostage negotiations
Negroponte, John, 143–44
New York Post, 298–99
New York Times, 119, 151, 152, 272
Nez Perce, 18–19
Nixon, Richard, 187, 188
nondisclosure agreements (NDAs), for DUSTWUN searches, 125
Noori, Norullah, 26, 205–6
Noorzai, Haji Bashar, 24–25, 240–42
Norgrove, Linda, 231
North, Oliver, 95, 235
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
expanded role in Afghan War, 2006, 30
invokes Article 5 and approves campaign against Taliban, 22
See also International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
Northern Alliance, 23, 25
Norway, 206–7
Nugent, Richard, 257
Obama, Barack, 63, 89–90, 151, 155, 159, 211
Bergdahl release announced by, 255–56
bin Laden raid and, 219
on contact with Bergdahls, 194
diplomatic campaign to work with Pakistan, 145
diplomatic policy toward Taliban, lack of, 205
Rose Garden announcement with Bergdahls after
release of Bowe, 258–60
signs National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), 215
Odell, Shirley, 189
Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
Jedburgh teams, 82–83
Truman’s Executive Order 9621 abolishing, 232
Olivera, Sergeant First Class, 51, 52
Olympic boycott, 11
Omar, Mohammad, 24, 194
1/501 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 52–54
Operation Cyclone, 12–13, 27
Operation Eagle Claw, 137, 184
Operation Enduring Freedom, 26
Operation Homecoming, 186
Operation Neptune Spear, 138
Operation Rolling Thunder, 228
Operation Yukon Recovery, 111–15
OP Mest, 63–66
O’Reilly, Bill, 267, 281–82
Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC), 20
Oshana, Justin, 327–28
OSS. See Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
Otter, Butch, 275
Page, Susan, 194, 195
Pakistan, 11, 193–94
designated major non-NATO ally, 142
as inspiration and refuge for Muslims, 139–40
Jinnah’s vision for, 139, 140
Langley’s assessment of, in 1950s, 141
Musharraf and Kayani authorize ISI officers to work with Haqqanis and other terror groups, 145
nuclear and military buildup, during Cold War, 142
Obama administration and, 145–47
Operation Cyclone and, 12
Pearl kidnapping and, 143
protests against U.S. and burning of embassy, in 1979, 141–42
radical factions operating in FATA, 152–55
Swat Valley, control of, 153–55
training of mujahideen to fight Soviets, 13–14
U.S. and other foreign aid received, 2001–2011, 142–44
U.S. financial support to build military and ISI of, 140–41
U.S.-Pakistan relationship, 140–44, 193–94
See also Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)
Panetta, Leon, 167
Pasha, Ahmed Shuja, 146
Pashtun tribes, 11, 12
Pearl, Daniel, 143
Peleliu, USS, 205–6
Pelton, Robert Young, 100–101, 102, 120, 122, 123, 203
personnel recovery (PR) cell, 119–20
Peters, Ralph, 133–35
Petraeus, David, 31, 165
Pocatello POW-MIA Awareness Association, 190–91
Poppen, Bradley, 192, 262
Pottinger, Matt, 166, 167, 168
Powell, Colin, 142
Powers, Frank, 192
POW/hostage negotiations, 183–202
Amerine’s efforts to negotiate for Bergdahl, 231–35, 240–43, 244
Bergdahl release announced, 255–58
Germany-mediated U.S.-Taliban peace talks and POW exchange negotiations, 211, 212–15, 218–19, 221–22
Guantanamo Five/Bergdahl prisoner exchange, 2, 222–26, 249–54
Haqqani negotiating strategy for exchange of Bergdahl, 198–99
Korean War and, 184–85
Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) training and, 185
Vietnam War and, 185–90
Washington’s ransoming of Betsey crew, 183
World War II and, 184
Proctor, Phil, 49
proof-of-life videos
of Bergdahl
Agha delivers, October 2011, 222
April 2010 video, 197
Christmas Day 2009 Taliban broadcast, 156–61
first, 98–99, 132, 161
January 2014 video, 243
of Rutherford, 221
Qatar, 221–22
Quetta Shura, 145, 164, 194
Raddatz, Martha, 124
Raffa, John, 43–44
Rand, Ayn, 73
Rashid, Ahmed, 136, 154
reaction to Bergdahl capture
Ailes letter by Congressional veterans in response to Peters’ statements, 134
Bergdahl’s parents informed of Bowe’s missing status, 129–31
hometown support and vigils for, 131–33
Peters’ reaction on Fox News, 133–35
soldiers’/Army’s reaction, 135–38
Reeder, Edward M., Jr., 98, 161–62
reintegration of Bergdahl. See debriefing and reintegration of Bergdahl
release of Bergdahl, 249–60
backlash to, 2–3, 267–68, 271
Blackfoot Company soldiers reaction to, 263, 264–66, 269–71
hometown reaction to, 261–62
media coverage of, 267–71, 280–82
Obama announces, 255–56
Obama’s Rose Garden announcement with Bergdahl’s parents, 258–60
Pentagon provides details of trade for, 256–57
Republican/GOP reaction to, 263–64, 282
Renacci, Jim, 262
Revolutionary War, 183
Rice, Johnny, 114, 115, 125–26, 312
Rice, Susan, 263–64
Risch, Jim, 199, 201–2
River City condition, 104
Rodriguez, David, 122, 123
Rohde, David, 119, 142, 148, 149–52, 278
Rolling Stone, 265
Rolling Thunder, 226–30, 314
Romney, George, 187
Rope and a Prayer, A (Rohde and Mulvihill), 150–51
Rosen, James, 269, 281–82
Rosenberg, Carol, 253–54
Rosenblatt, Frank, 303–4, 321
Rubin, Barnett, 207–12, 214–15, 222, 223, 238
Ruggiero, Frank, 169, 212, 213, 214–15, 218, 222, 225
Rumsfeld, Donald, 137
“Runaway General, The” (Hastings), 170
Russell, Terence
debriefing of Bergdahl and, 273, 274–75, 278, 279, 280, 281
testimony of, in Bergdahl court martial, 296–97
on value of Bergdahl to SERE community, 336–37
Rutherford, Colin, 221, 234
Saeed, Hafiz Muhammad, 144–45
Saleh, Amrullah, 200
Sanders, Ross, 40
Sarver, Jeffrey, 285–86
Saudi Arabia, 22, 210, 211
Sawyer, Hayward, 132, 133, 226
Scaparrotti, Curtis, 88, 284
Schoen, Larry, 271
Sedney, David, 135–36, 138, 222
SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape), 185, 272, 336–37
Serial (podcast), 292–93, 298–99, 308–13
Shaffer, Tony, 292
Shaw, John, 38–40
sheep-dipping, 137
Silvino Silvino, 78, 295
as commander of Blackfoot Company, 84
receives report of Bergdahl missing, 84–85
Slovik, Eddie, 315–16
Smith, Sean, 193, 245
Smith, Stephen, 113–14
Snyder, Julie, 311
Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), 252–53
Soviet Union, 10–14
Special Operations command (SOCOM), 137, 242, 244. See also Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC)
Spinelli, Jim, 133
Springer, Paul J., 271
Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), 54–55
Stark, Shirley, 186–87
Starkey, Jerome, 195
Starr, Barbara, 256
State Department, 30, 143, 144, 232, 234, 242, 243
Steele, Michael, 199
Steiner, Michael, 218
Stockdale, James Bond, 185–86, 326
Stockdale, Sybil, 185, 186–87,
189–90
Stone, Roger, 266
Støre, Jonas Gahr, 206–7
Strega, 34–36
Sunday Times, The, 205, 280
Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE), 185, 272, 336–37
Sutton, Gerald, 53, 54, 56, 111–13, 269, 270, 316, 331
Swat Valley, 153–55
Syed, Adnan, 309
tactical intelligence, 92
Taliban
attempts to negotiate exchange of Bergdahl, 198–99, 203–5
Bush’s nonnegotiable demands, response to, 22–23
Christmas Day 2009 video, 156–61
conditional surrender offer rejected by Bush administration, 25
Doha office opened and flies Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan flag, 237–38
fighting style of, 168
first contact and ransom demands for Bergdahl, 108–11, 161–62
first reports of Bergdahl’s capture, 81
Guantanamo Five/Bergdahl prisoner exchange and, 2, 222–26, 249–54
Haqqani and, 27–29
kidnapping business of, 147–52
retreats and regroups in Pakistan, 26
transfers of surrendered Taliban to U.S. custody, 26
See also Afghan War
Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, 252
Tapper, Jake, 268
Tayyeb, Abu, 150
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), 152–55
10-50 dance, 137
This American Life (radio show), 292
This Week with George Stephanopoulos (TV show), 263–64
Thompson, Andrea, 92
Thornberry, Mac, 298
Time, 3, 280, 282
Times, The, 149
torture, of Bergdahl, 173–74
Trollinger, Gabe, 52, 84
Truman, Harry, 89–90, 140–41, 232
Trump, Donald, 2, 219, 307–8, 314, 315, 334
United Arab Emirates, 22
United States
arming of mujahideen in response to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, 11, 12
Haqqani Network, funding and support of, 27
“Little America” project, 12
Operation Cyclone and, 12–13, 27
Pakistan, relationship with, 140–44, 193–94
POW/hostage negotiations by. See POW/hostage negotiations
See also Afghan War
Van Dyk, Jere, 148
Vela, Evan, 52–53, 84
Vierkant, Matt, 280–81
Vietnam War, 185–90
Visger, Mark, 294, 295, 297
Wall Street Journal, The, 271
Walsh, Chad, 38
Walsh, Lawrence, 95
Walters, Jason, 318
Waltz, Michael, 118, 301
Washington, George, 183
Washington Post, The, 170, 237, 256
Washington Times, The, 301, 305
Wasiq, Abdul Haq, 205–6
Watters, Jesse, 271
Weinstein, Warren, 335
White, John, 111
