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Kayla Harrison, Bowe Bergdahl’s childhood friend, on her first conversation with Bowe after his captivity.
Kayla Harrison, Bowe Bergdahl’s childhood friend, on her first conversation with Bowe after his captivity.
What is good intel? And how do army analysts help a recovered hostage remember it? Andrea and Michelle (not their real names) talk about how an intel debriefing works.
Barney Rubin, an expert on Afghanistan and Pakistan, on the Taliban's views during the early years of the war and why the five detainees swapped for Bowe Bergdahl were important to them.
Bowe Bergdahl on what it felt like to be rescued.
Jason Dempsey on the counterinsurgency—COIN—mission and the end game in Afghanistan. Dempsey, who was an officer at the battalion and brigade level, did tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has served as a combat advisor to the Afghans and has taught at West Point. He was in Afghanistan when Bowe Bergdahl was captured and went back again in 2012 and 2014.
Sarah and Kim Harrison, Bowe Bergdahl's friend, on the Haqqanis and getting the soldier back.
A note from Sarah about our every-other-week schedule.