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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Robert is joined by Danl Goodman to discuss Jack Idema, the greatest conman of The Afghan War. Footnotes:<ol>
<li><a href="https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/10121/">Operation Desert Fraud</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/bad-company-jack-idema-and-the-bounty-hunters-of-kabul-552747.html">Bad company: 'Jack' Idema and the bounty hunters of Kabul</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.wired.com/2012/01/vigilante-dies-in-mexico/">Vigilante Torturer Dies in Mexico</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.wired.com/2010/06/osama-hunter-only-the-latest-terror-fightin-wannabe/">Osama-Hunter Only the Latest Terror-Fightin' Wannabe</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.wired.com/2011/12/gary-brooks-faulkner-jail/">Man Who Hunted Bin Laden With a Sword Now Jailed on a Gun Charge</a></li>
<li><a href="https://nation.time.com/2012/02/01/the-man-who-believed-himself/">The Man Who Believed Himself</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/the-shadow-warrior-jack-idema-232967/">The Shadow Warrior: Jack Idema</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/id/18045004/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/t/freelance-terrorist-hunter-be-released/#.XsNI9hNKhp9">Freelance Terrorist Hunter</a></li>
<li><a href="https://archives.cjr.org/fiftieth_anniversary/tin_soldier.php?page=all">Tin Soldier</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.wired.com/2010/08/convicted-torturer-vigilante-idema-in-mexican-stand-off/">Convicted Torturer, Vigilante in Mexican Stand-Off</a></li>
<li><a href="http://theorlandoslantnel.blogspot.com/2011/01/jonathan-keith-idema-jack-black-jack.html">Jack Idema</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/world/article24722962.html">Jack Idema, jailed for torturing Afghans, reportedly dies in Mexico</a></li>
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There’s a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bad guys (and gals) are eternally fascinating. Behind the Bastards dives in past the Cliffs Notes of the worst humans in history and exposes the bizarre realities of their lives. Listeners will learn about the young adult novels that helped Hitler form his monstrous ideology, the founder of Blackwater’s insane quest to build his own Air Force, the bizarre lives of the sons and daughters of dictators and Saddam Hussein’s side career as a trashy romance novelist.

Everything you don't know about History's greatest monsters

Behind the Bastards

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

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