Episode
Part Two: Jack Idema: The War On Terror's Dumbest Grifter
53:28
Published: Thu May 21 2020
Description
Robert is joined again by Danl Goodman to continue to discuss Jack Idema. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chapters
The host introduces the podcast and talks about his drunken thoughts regarding ammunition and setting a fire in his front yard.
00:00 - 01:39 (01:39)
Summary
The host introduces the podcast and talks about his drunken thoughts regarding ammunition and setting a fire in his front yard. He also promotes another podcast called Silenced: The Radio Murders and makes a comment about cops.
EpisodePart Two: Jack Idema: The War On Terror's Dumbest Grifter
PodcastBehind the Bastards
This podcast episode explores the fascination that Americans developed for special forces soldiers after the Vietnam War, and how journalists embedding with soldiers amplified this fascination.
01:39 - 05:59 (04:19)
Summary
This podcast episode explores the fascination that Americans developed for special forces soldiers after the Vietnam War, and how journalists embedding with soldiers amplified this fascination.
EpisodePart Two: Jack Idema: The War On Terror's Dumbest Grifter
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The story of how Jack Adima shopped around a set of videotaped al-Qaeda training sessions, setting a minimum price of $150,000 and demanding credit when aired, despite the fact that the compound where the tapes were filmed was under coalition control during that time.
05:59 - 14:43 (08:44)
Summary
The story of how Jack Adima shopped around a set of videotaped al-Qaeda training sessions, setting a minimum price of $150,000 and demanding credit when aired, despite the fact that the compound where the tapes were filmed was under coalition control during that time.
EpisodePart Two: Jack Idema: The War On Terror's Dumbest Grifter
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Journalist Robin Moore fell in love with the bullshit that Jack was pushing and turned him into a character in his book.
14:43 - 20:23 (05:40)
Summary
Journalist Robin Moore fell in love with the bullshit that Jack was pushing and turned him into a character in his book. Moore tried to turn his notes and interviews from his time in Afghanistan with Jack into a readable book.
EpisodePart Two: Jack Idema: The War On Terror's Dumbest Grifter
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The article discusses the controversial actions of Michael J. Moore, a former US Special Forces officer, who gave direct advice to the Pentagon and demanded a revised edition of a book to correct the lies of another author.
20:23 - 26:06 (05:42)
Summary
The article discusses the controversial actions of Michael J. Moore, a former US Special Forces officer, who gave direct advice to the Pentagon and demanded a revised edition of a book to correct the lies of another author. The article also briefly describes Koh Tao, a picturesque island in Thailand.
EpisodePart Two: Jack Idema: The War On Terror's Dumbest Grifter
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Jack Idema created a company to raise funds for a US counter-terrorist group but was later charged with mail fraud and accused of destroying his own house with a sword, forging a letter for use as evidence, and choking his girlfriend during a fight.
26:06 - 29:14 (03:07)
Summary
Jack Idema created a company to raise funds for a US counter-terrorist group but was later charged with mail fraud and accused of destroying his own house with a sword, forging a letter for use as evidence, and choking his girlfriend during a fight.
EpisodePart Two: Jack Idema: The War On Terror's Dumbest Grifter
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Task Force Sabre 7, led by a US citizen named Steve Edema, was a controversial and secretive group operating in Afghanistan, which sometimes received help from NATO troops and had uncertain motivations and patterns of behavior, including potentially kidnapping random persons and involvement in preventing assassination attempts.
29:14 - 35:09 (05:55)
Summary
Task Force Sabre 7, led by a US citizen named Steve Edema, was a controversial and secretive group operating in Afghanistan, which sometimes received help from NATO troops and had uncertain motivations and patterns of behavior, including potentially kidnapping random persons and involvement in preventing assassination attempts.
EpisodePart Two: Jack Idema: The War On Terror's Dumbest Grifter
PodcastBehind the Bastards
A journalist discusses frustrations with past reporting on Edima, a topic he has been covering, where even good journalists quote people who were in the Department of Defense without much evidence to support their claims.
35:09 - 42:03 (06:53)
Summary
A journalist discusses frustrations with past reporting on Edima, a topic he has been covering, where even good journalists quote people who were in the Department of Defense without much evidence to support their claims.
EpisodePart Two: Jack Idema: The War On Terror's Dumbest Grifter
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The story recounts the life of Jack Adima, a man who contracted HIV and gave it to his girlfriend and the potential causes for his reckless actions.
42:03 - 48:19 (06:15)
Summary
The story recounts the life of Jack Adima, a man who contracted HIV and gave it to his girlfriend and the potential causes for his reckless actions.
EpisodePart Two: Jack Idema: The War On Terror's Dumbest Grifter
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The podcast host describes Jack Adima as a grifter who ruined the lives of many individuals due to his obsession with war and lack of concern for the spread of diseases.
48:19 - 52:55 (04:36)
Summary
The podcast host describes Jack Adima as a grifter who ruined the lives of many individuals due to his obsession with war and lack of concern for the spread of diseases. It is uncertain if Adima's actions were calculated or due to his own delusions and mental instability.
EpisodePart Two: Jack Idema: The War On Terror's Dumbest Grifter
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Dan talks about defining the word knife for ourselves and invites viewers to send him pictures of their own knives on Twitch.
52:55 - 55:50 (02:55)
Summary
Dan talks about defining the word knife for ourselves and invites viewers to send him pictures of their own knives on Twitch.
EpisodePart Two: Jack Idema: The War On Terror's Dumbest Grifter
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Explore the world of drugs, darkness, and a much bigger conspiracy in Silenced, the radio murders.
55:50 - 56:40 (00:49)
Summary
Explore the world of drugs, darkness, and a much bigger conspiracy in Silenced, the radio murders. Three radio journalists were brutally assassinated, and the mastermind has never been caught.