On Dec. 11, 2001, a captain named Kirk Harrington apparently sent a memo to Cmdr. Abdul Wadood, identified as the senior military attache for the United Front fighting the Taliban and al-Qaida. In the memo, Harrington wrote: "This letter is to confirm that we are also closely monitoring the actions of Mr. Idema to help the American people better understand the situation in Afghanistan. ... Mr. Idema has been a tremendous asset as he assesses the situation there, and the tough issues facing the Northern Alliance."
Paul Boyce, a Department of the Army spokesman in Washington, could not verify the authenticity of the memo, which was provided by an Idema colleague back in Fayetteville, retired Master Sgt. Thomas Bumback. The memo is on what appears to be Department of the Army stationery.
Boyce said Harrington did work for the Department of the Army in New York during the time the memo was written. Part of Harrington's duties was to assist authors wanting to write books about the war, Boyce said. Harrington has left the Army and could not be reached.
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"The charges are a complete lie," he said in the e-mail. "The FBI is also saying ... that I am trying to steal U.S. property, working for al-Qaida, trying to rebuild credibility because I am a convicted felon, falsifying information about al-Qaida, trying to embarrass the Army, endangering American lives, incompetent and nothing more than a common criminal trying to defraud the government. These are the fabricated statements being made by various FBI agents."
Idema was right about at least one thing: the wanted posters
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