You told me that in the course of your attempts to gain the freedom of these hostages in Afghanistan, Pakistan, you were made aware to your belief that the government did pay a ransom and that ransom money was stolen. And secondly, that You believed you were pretty close to potentially having a deal where we would get seven hostages in exchange for one Taliban leader, and instead we got one hostage in exchange for five Taliban leaders. Is that kind of. In a nutshell, is that information. Is that why you've been retaliated against, or what is the reason? Yes, sir. (05:45–05:59)
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Asserts that there was a belief of a potential deal for seven hostages in exchange for one Taliban leader, but the outcome was one hostage for five Taliban leaders.
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