View Full Version : "Convicted Felon" Jonathan Keith Idema
Team Sergeant
04-26-2007, 09:50
Does the United States have to take him back? :rolleyes: Why can't we just leave him in Afghanistan? :D
Operation Desert Fraud
How Keith Idema marketed his imaginary Afghan war.
By Stacy Sullivan
Jonathan Keith Idema, awaiting his verdict outside an Afghan court.
(Photo: Reuters/Ahmad Masood/Landov)
In January 2002, As U.S. Forces in Afghanistan were hunting down Al Qaeda suspects, the CBS news show 60 Minutes II got its hands on some sensational footage: seven hours’ worth of videotape showing Al Qaeda terrorists training in an Afghan camp. The source of the tapes, a former U.S. Special Forces soldier named Jonathan Keith Idema—known familiarly as Keith—was more than a little dubious. Idema claimed to be working as an adviser to the Northern Alliance, but he was also an ex-con who had served three years in federal prison for wire fraud and had a criminal record in three states. He was, in addition, a serial litigator who had once sued CBS. But the tape’s content—featuring masked men in a bullet-scarred compound training to assassinate and kidnap world leaders—proved a TV producer’s dream.
It may have also proved too good to be true. Mary Mapes, who famously vouched for the documents purporting to show that George W. Bush was given preferential treatment by the Texas Air National Guard, was the producer of the segment. CBS News arranged for Dan Rather to fly to Kabul for an interview with Idema. 60 Minutes II touted its footage with the promise that it was “the most intimate look yet at how the world’s deadliest terrorist organization trains its recruits and what it wants them to do to the West.”
Special Forces soldiers, other journalists, and Army Intelligence immediately questioned the tapes’ authenticity. Tracy-Paul Warrington, formerly a chief warrant officer with U.S. Special Forces who now advises American police forces on counterterrorism, says the tapes are not an intimate look at anything—except clumsy military playacting. “Eighty-five percent of terrorists’ attacks in the last decade have been bombings,” Warrington says. “In this film we see raids. This was a method that went out in the seventies, when Idema was in the Army. I was looking at seven hours of tape of something that Al Qaeda doesn’t do.” Another retired Special Forces soldier, and a longtime acquaintance of Keith Idema’s, contacted CIA sources and learned the agency had similar concerns about the tapes’ authenticity. “The CIA ran voice analysis on the tapes and concluded they were staged,” he says, adding that the agency didn’t publicize its findings because it “didn’t want to waste its time on someone it considered harmless.” Contacted about this claim, CBS spokeswoman Kelli Edwards said the network “showed the tape to three former British Special Forces officers, who verified the tactics being practiced in the video were consistent with those of Al Qaeda, and to a top U.S. military official in Aghanistan, who told us that, in his opinion, the video was authentic.” In the terror-charged atmosphere of early 2002, in any event, there was no public outcry over the piece’s authenticity.
That could well change soon, as many things concerning the life and career of Keith Idema already have. Among other things, it is now clear that Idema was anything but harmless: On September 15, an Afghan court sentenced Idema to a ten-year prison term on charges of entering the country illegally, running a private prison, and torture. Idema had been accused of operating a detention–cum–interrogation center in concert with another former U.S. soldier and a TV cameraman, who were sentenced alongside him the same day. When Afghan police arrested the trio on July 5, they said they saw a smaller-scale version of the gruesome prisoner-abuse photos from the Baghdad interrogation cells in Abu Ghraib. Early press reports indicated that three prisoners found in Idema’s custody during the raid were blindfolded and beaten and strapped to the ceiling by their feet; five others were tied to chairs with rope in a small, dark room down a hall that was littered with bloodied clothing. All of the prisoners in Idema’s custody were subsequently released; none was shown to be connected to Al Qaeda.
Intelligence experts analyzed the CBS tapes and “determined they were staged,” one source says.
http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/10121/
Ret10Echo
04-26-2007, 10:11
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door
He may fall into the refuse part....
Team Sergeant
06-24-2009, 09:23
Idiot boy is back and blogging.;)
Hey keith idema, why not come on here and tell a few hundred "real" Green Berets" your hero "stories".
You little man are truly a legend in your own mind. I see you left out the part in your bio that you were a "convict", or do you prefer "convicted felon"?
http://jackidema.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2009-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&updated-max=2010-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=3
Was he ever a graduate of the Q-Course?
Team Sergeant
06-24-2009, 09:37
Was he ever a graduate of the Q-Course?
So I've been told..... that's about all he ever did in SF. He did not last long in Special Forces. He forgets to tell his "followers" that part of his SF "story". He's spent more time behind prison bars than in Special Forces.
Was he ever a graduate of the Q-Course?
Yep,
He was pretty much run out of SF. I knew the guy for a very short period of time after he was run off. A con man for sure as well as a pathological liar. I was only around him for a few months before I started picking up on his personality and knew to back WAY OFF! Good think I did as I got a call from CID when I was still active duty and they wanted to talk to me about him. Long story but interesting to say the least. Personally I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire.
AL
ok....read the two articles on this critter.....all I can say is..." Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Over..."
greenberetTFS
06-24-2009, 11:03
So I've been told..... that's about all he ever did in SF. He did not last long in Special Forces. He forgets to tell his "followers" that part of his SF "story". He's spent more time behind prison bars than in Special Forces.
It is unbelievable how these $hit heads can create the stories and heroics that they come up with....... :rolleyes: Simply,unbelieveable...........:mad:
Big Teddy :munchin
MARSOC0211
06-24-2009, 11:15
Wow, I am at a complete loss for words. After reading a couple of excerpts from his blog, it is hard to imagine that someone could be that pompous. It is even harder to grasp the idea that other individuals could possibly buy into that guy’s BS.
:eek:
Idiot boy is back and blogging.;)
Hey keith idema, why not come on here and tell a few hundred "real" Green Berets" your hero "stories".
You little man are truly a legend in your own mind. I see you left out the part in your bio that you were a "convict", or do you prefer "convicted felon"?
http://jackidema.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2009-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&updated-max=2010-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=3
TS Sir, WOW! This is a blast from the past!:eek:
After reading the below from his little blog, wtf???
"Yeah, Yeah, YEAH! Enough already you critics, wimps, Commie Journalists, and Special Forces Wanna-Bes! JACK IS BACK in the United States of America and living large on millions of hard earned gold gained by honest labor in the People's Republic of Karzai Afghanistan!
Also, a well deserved F**K YOU! to the fascist stormtroopers of the FBI who are out to arrest this very patriotic super soldier! Eat your hearts out, mother***kers! This Jack has gone to ground somewhere in the good ole U.S. of A. and changed his appearance so much even his own mommy wouldn't recognize old Jackie!"
(Bet he wouldn't say it to Your face, TS!) GRRRRRR!!!
(*I edited.)
GreenSalsa
06-24-2009, 12:12
What I particularly found intersting is the following quote:
"What am I doing back stateside? Well old Jackie has teamed up with Ronbo and other patriots to overthrow the fucking federal government. You heard me right, buckos!"
and this...
"So I'm back in CONUS, The U.S. of A., The World, and teamed up with Ronbo working on the Second American Revolution."
I would love to see someone forward his blog to the FBI just to make his life more miserable....
I would love to see someone forward his blog to the FBI just to make his life more miserable....
Sir,
DONE!:lifter
All a person has to do is go here:
https://tips.fbi.gov/
"Please use this website to report suspected terrorism or criminal activity. Your information will be reviewed promptly by an FBI special agent or a professional staff member. Due to the high volume of information that we receive, we are unable to reply to every submission; however, we appreciate the information that you have provided."
Fill in the doc, and then hit submit.
The reply reads:
"Your tip has been successfully submitted."
Holly:munchin
How do you post on is Blog. I tried but it wont let me post. Even when I signed in with my AIM account
Never mind. All comments are reviewed before being posted. They will never post them
Team Sergeant
06-24-2009, 13:54
What I particularly found intersting is the following quote:
"What am I doing back stateside? Well old Jackie has teamed up with Ronbo and other patriots to overthrow the fucking federal government. You heard me right, buckos!"
and this...
"So I'm back in CONUS, The U.S. of A., The World, and teamed up with Ronbo working on the Second American Revolution."
I would love to see someone forward his blog to the FBI just to make his life more miserable....
It's going to be tough for "jack" because as a "CONVICTED FELON" jack idema cannot own weapons......besides jack idema doesn't have the training or intellectual capacity to "over throw" a Dairy Queen.
rubberneck
06-24-2009, 14:07
He's a sharp one isn't he. If we are lucky he'll step in front of a bus on the way to overthrow the government.
Jack is actually an alias he uses. He's a professional con man for sure. He put his business in his girlfriends name years ago to crap wouldn't stick to him. It's a shame they just didn't hang the POS in Afghanistan.
AL
I would love to see someone forward his blog to the FBI just to make his life more miserable....
Done
Utah Bob
06-24-2009, 16:58
A serious headcase this boy.:mad:
And too many other headcases out there who believe his crap!
BTW the Contemporary Hotel in Disney World is only 12 floors, not 40. What an idiot.
greenberetTFS
06-24-2009, 17:00
TS Sir, WOW! This is a blast from the past!
After reading the below from his little blog, wtf???
"Yeah, Yeah, YEAH! Enough already you critics, wimps, Commie Journalists, and Special Forces Wanna-Bes! JACK IS BACK in the United States of America and living large on millions of hard earned gold gained by honest labor in the People's Republic of Karzai Afghanistan!
Also, a well deserved F**K YOU! to the fascist stormtroopers of the FBI who are out to arrest this very patriotic super soldier! Eat your hearts out, mother***kers! This Jack has gone to ground somewhere in the good ole U.S. of A. and changed his appearance so much even his own mommy wouldn't recognize old Jackie!"
(Bet he wouldn't say it to Your face, TS!) GRRRRRR!!!
(*I edited.)
TS,
Isn't it something how big his balls are when he hides behind his post...... :rolleyes: How this MF managed to get through SFQC really pi$$es me off........:eek: I know in the French Foreign Legion when a solder disgraces his unit,they tear off his ribbons,wings and anything else he may have earned..... :mad: Then kick him in the ass and boot him out,can't we do the same in effigy of this POS......
Big Teddy :munchin
Ambush Master
06-24-2009, 17:50
Personally I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire.
AL
I would, if I could PISS JP-4!!!!
Later
Martin
Was he ever a graduate of the Q-Course?
SFQC Class 6-76...we graduated around the 20th of September 1976...yes, I said we...went through weapons and Phase III with him....
Jack is actually an alias he uses. He's a professional con man for sure. He put his business in his girlfriends Jack is also a nickname for folks named Jonathan or John...I despise the SOB but wouldn't call a diminutive form of his given name as an alias...
Team Sergeant
06-24-2009, 19:25
A serious headcase this boy.:mad:
And too many other headcases out there who believe his crap!
BTW the Contemporary Hotel in Disney World is only 12 floors, not 40. What an idiot.
I believe the Contemporary Hotel in Disney World Florida is 13 floors, but who cares, jack keith idema is still an idiot.;)
pjody187
06-24-2009, 19:45
I saw this interview a couple of months ago and its proof that not only is he an idiot, but also a complete wacko. The part about Idema starts at 5:02 of the first link and concludes in the second.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmpSRN0Emgs&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mV9Kgv-LbA&feature=related
(forgot to mention there is some strong language)
Warrior-Mentor
06-24-2009, 20:34
I saw this interview a couple of months ago and its proof that not only is he an idiot, but also a complete wacko. The part about Idema starts at 5:02 of the first link and concludes in the second.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmpSRN0Emgs&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mV9Kgv-LbA&feature=related
(forgot to mention there is some strong language)
I've met narcissists like him before. Completely delusional.
What I particularly found intersting is the following quote:
"What am I doing back stateside? Well old Jackie has teamed up with Ronbo and other patriots to overthrow the fucking federal government. You heard me right, buckos!"
and this...
"So I'm back in CONUS, The U.S. of A., The World, and teamed up with Ronbo working on the Second American Revolution."
I would love to see someone forward his blog to the FBI just to make his life more miserable....
Has someone forwarded that to the Secret Service as well. I bet the DPS and PPS guys would have an interest.
*Edited to add:
I read this gem on the blog linked above:
The name they came up with was Ronbo. This met with the approval of Mr. Big who arranged a meeting with Ronbo, a man of the shadow, ex-con and failed presidential assassin on the run from the Feds.
The two revolutionists met high in the Rocky Mountains at a ski lodge owned by Mr. Big in early 2009. On the one side was a nearly penniless vagabond hunted by the long arm of the federal Gestapo and a multi-billionaire no one suspected of any misdeed. The details of this meeting will no doubt go down in the annals of American history like the signing of the Declaration of Independence, but the long and the short of it was that the Man and the Money had finally come together: Separate the duo was impotent against evil federalism; together they were the authors of destruction and creation.
The Second American Revolution was born!
Where do I come in? Simple. I was recruited by Ronbo. We are friends from way back and I have related already the details of that encounter. As part of the agreement made by Ronbo with Mr. Big all major players in the game of revolution must be interviewed by Mr. Big. This is not done for the purpose of supervision, Mr. Big has total faith in Ronbo’s selection of fellow revolutionaries, but rather to improve his education; after all, the nuts and bolts of revolution are not taught in any class and no owner’s manual exists with a series of steps mapped out that will bring life to the machine. No each revolution is different and unique – Once they occur the mold is thrown away.
I called the local office of the Secret Service and gave them the tip and a web address of this traitorous scumbags blog. Hopefully it won't get circular filed along with the 800-1,000 other 'referrals' they get daily. I also hope some of the QP's here will get to tag along in an 'advisory' role when they go after this scumbag and that you all are able to permenantly 'render harmless' these traitors.
I believe the Contemporary Hotel in Disney World Florida is 13 floors, but who cares, jack keith idema is still an idiot.;)
I imagine that the people who work in the restaurant (California Grill) located on the 15th floor care!;)
Team Sergeant
06-25-2009, 15:01
I imagine that the people who work in the restaurant (California Grill) located on the 15th floor care!;)
I guess it might be if you count "Ground" floor as the 2nd floor.......:rolleyes:
While the restaurant itself is on the 15th floor of Disney's Contemporary Resort, Guests check in at the reception desk on the hotel's 2nd floor.
http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/contemporary-resort/dining/california-grill/
I guess it might be if you count "Ground" floor as the 2nd floor.......:rolleyes:
While the restaurant itself is on the 15th floor of Disney's Contemporary Resort, Guests check in at the reception desk on the hotel's 2nd floor.
http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/contemporary-resort/dining/california-grill/
/derail on
The view from the California Grill is really fantastic and the food was outstanding.
If you are going to be in Disney World I highly recommend getting a "fireworks" reservation, it was a bit of true Disney magic (all of you Disney haters can just zip it).
/derail off
I guess it might be if you count "Ground" floor as the 2nd floor.......:rolleyes:
While the restaurant itself is on the 15th floor of Disney's Contemporary Resort, Guests check in at the reception desk on the hotel's 2nd floor.
http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/contemporary-resort/dining/california-grill/
Just because the reception desk is on the second floor doesn't mean there isn't a 1st floor on ground level......ask any kid who has stayed there where the Fun Center is located.
The Contemporary Resort tower is a 14 story structure with floors 1-12 and 14 -15.
It's going to be tough for "jack" because as a "CONVICTED FELON" jack idema cannot own weapons......besides jack idema doesn't have the training or intellectual capacity to "over throw" a Dairy Queen.
He won't be needing any guns - he never did. His weapon is the courts. Yeah - he's lost more court battles than he has won. But that is his game. If he doesn't average at least two law suits per year - it could only mean that he is dead.
More than likely, he will be suing some folks on this site before too long! I've got a file on him that goes back about 10 years or more (that's been his pattern). Also, guys like him seem to have a resilience that defies logic. He and guys like him get slammed down, do some time, go broke - and soon, just like a near dead cockroach - there they go again - it will be entertaining to watch.
He won't be needing any guns - he never did. His weapon is the courts. Yeah - he's lost more court battles than he has one. But that is his game. If he doesn't average at least two law suits per year - it could only mean that he is dead.
More than likely, he will be suing some folks on this site before too long! I've got a file on him that goes back about 10 years or more (that's been his pattern). Also, guys like him seem to have a resilience that defies logic. He and guys like him get slammed down, do some time, go broke - and soon, just like a near dead cockroach - there they go again - it will be entertaining to watch.
Absolutely correct. He'll file a lawsuit in a heartbeat.
One more thing about him - IMHO.
He is crazy like a fox - he knows that crap he spews is total BS - just sprinkled with enough undisputable truths and real world facts to give his stories a touch of creditability. By doing that, he gets two positive results.
First, he is able to recruit enough idiots out there who are willing to follow anybody who rouses their nationalistic tendencies and plays to thier pranoia toward the government - there is an army of them out there - ready to follow and prepared to shell out.
Second, (and here is how he is a real threat), he pisses off enough smart good folks out there - ex soldiers, professionals, and people that have some real world, real life knowledge and experience (folks like you and like me), that can easily see his BS for what it is, but who are unable to withold their contempt such that a few of us each year try to take him down - "law suit."
That is how he supports himself.
If he had been brought up a little more to the south, say "Mississippi or Alabama" and if he and been churched as a youth - he would now be a charismatic Billionaire Televangelist on TV each night spouting the prosperity gospel and demanding his spiritual gifts – “Praise the Lord.” Hell - that is a horrible thought.
greenberetTFS
06-26-2009, 01:44
One more thing about him - IMHO.
He is crazy like a fox - he knows that crap he spews is total BS - just sprinkled with enough undisputable truths and real world facts to give his stories a touch of creditability. By doing that, he gets two positive results.
First, he is able to recruit enough idiots out there who are willing to follow anybody who rouses their nationalistic tendencies and plays to thier pranoia toward the government - there is an army of them out there - ready to follow and prepared to shell out.
Second, (and here is how he is a real threat), he pisses off enough smart good folks out there - ex soldiers, professionals, and people that have some real world, real life knowledge and experience (folks like you and like me), that can easily see his BS for what it is, but who are unable to withold their contempt such that a few of us each year try to take him down - "law suit."
That is how he supports himself.
If he had been brought up a little more to the south, say "Mississippi or Alabama" and if he and been churched as a youth - he would now be a charismatic Billionaire Televangelist on TV each night spouting the prosperity gospel and demanding his spiritual gifts – “Praise the Lord.” Hell - that is a horrible thought.
Geez Mitch,A televangelist preacher, you don't know how scary that is......... :rolleyes: Hopefully the FBI can bust his a$$ on his threats.........:eek:
Other wise this POS is dangerous and could do something very stupid to prove his point.....:(
Big Teddy :munchin
alfromcolorado
06-26-2009, 05:27
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=5842271
Note that he has to keep his trademark shades on throughout due to the bright stage lights...
The more I read and learn about this guy, there always seems to be more disturbing information around the next corner. Hopefully the appropriate folks will be able to do something about this.
What a (fill in the blank with any appropriate negatively descriptive adjective) - I would think he could face prosecution for what he did on that video.
Richard's $.02 :munchin
What a (fill in the blank with any appropriate negatively descriptive adjective) - I would think he could face prosecution for what he did on that video.
Richard's $.02 :munchin
He did and that was on of the many things he was Jailed over there for..... He is a peace of shit........
He did and that was on of the many things he was Jailed over there for..... He is a peace of shit........
"SFBHT,"
Pardon my ignorance, but couldn't he also be prosecuted here as well for that, even though he committed the crimes on foreign soil. It would seem at least in the context presented that he was passing himself off as a representative of the US Gvt.?
"SFBHT,"
Pardon my ignorance, but couldn't he also be prosecuted here as well for that, even though he committed the crimes on foreign soil. It would seem at least in the context presented that he was passing himself off as a representative of the US Gvt.?
Yes he could. An AUSA would have to get all the facts and file against him or an Afghan would have to file charges in a US Federal court. Just like a Marine was out west...........
One more thing about him - IMHO.
He is crazy like a fox - he knows that crap he spews is total BS - just sprinkled with enough undisputable truths and real world facts to give his stories a touch of creditability. By doing that, he gets two positive results.
First, he is able to recruit enough idiots out there who are willing to follow anybody who rouses their nationalistic tendencies and plays to thier pranoia toward the government - there is an army of them out there - ready to follow and prepared to shell out.
Second, (and here is how he is a real threat), he pisses off enough smart good folks out there - ex soldiers, professionals, and people that have some real world, real life knowledge and experience (folks like you and like me), that can easily see his BS for what it is, but who are unable to withold their contempt such that a few of us each year try to take him down - "law suit."
That is how he supports himself.
Sir,
After reading the below update from his blog yesterday, agree wholeheartedly with your points.:munchin
Creepy stuff, if read in its entirety...
http://jackidema.blogspot.com/search...&max-results=3
Friday, June 26, 2009
Jack Idema: The Design of Revolution
"Big: Have you considered the police and military? Do you think they will sit on their hands while the the militias storm the centers of power?
Jack: We have. Ronbo is working on a plan that will enlist the U.S. military on the side of the revolution. If this happens the major cities and the nation’s capital can be secured within hours after the first shots are fired."
Superpatriot Jack Idema
At 18 he became the youngest Green Beret in American history.
For more than a quarter of a century Jack has worked in counter-terrorists projects and activities which may never be known or written about...
About Me
The message from Ronbo read, “Meet Mr. Big of the vast right wing conspiracy at the penthouse on top of the Contemporary Hotel at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Please dress in casual attire and brings lots of sun tan lotion for a week of sun, fun and plotting revolution. The tab for this all expense paid affair will be picked up by Mr. Big.”
I should introduce Mr. Big to the readers….well…I’ll share what little I know about the reclusive billionaire who, according to Ronbo, owns directly or indirectly about half the real estate in the far West of the USA. Mr. Big is self made man, an orphan who started his business career at 17 years old with little more than the clothes on his back and much read copy of Ayn Rand’s THE FOUNTAINHEAD and by means of old fashioned American hard work and careful investments became a millionaire before he turned 21 and a billionaire before he became 40 years old.
Mr. Big used his great wealth for many years to support conservative political candidates, right wing radio talk show greats like Rush Limbaugh and Libertarian think tanks. In the South and West, Mr. Big was very successful in political terms: The Republican majority in Congress that lasted for over ten years between 1994 and 2006 was bank rolled Mr. Big who channeled the funds by means of third parties while he remained deep in the background.
Jack Idema Meets Mr. Big
The Jack Idema Blog
LOLOLOLOLOLOL...ROTFLMFAO...usw... :rolleyes:
Richard's $.02 :munchin
Was it Boris and Natasha who worked for Mr Big?
Was it Boris and Natasha who worked for Mr Big?
Not for this generation - it was the guy who would never commit to Carrie on the Sex and the City soap...a perfect fit for Jackie's dreams. :rolleyes:
Richard's $.02 :munchin
armymom1228
06-27-2009, 07:32
He did and that was on of the many things he was Jailed over there for..... He is a peace of shit........
It is my understanding, correct me, please, if I am wrong. That if one is a 'convicted felon' one cannot have a US Passport. So how come he has one.. or were his felonies in other countries and therefore not counted so to speak?
I love the part in his blog about being the youngest GB ever....... and he uses the GB words, NOT QP or SF.... that pretty much says it all doesn't it?
TS, you owe me bigtime.. first you bann Bangladesh and then they come visiting my Laptop and bring China and Sri Lanka with them.. Zone Alarm said so... next you close the gloved one thread so I cannot whine about being forced into listening to a couple of hours of his music while being stuck behind a steering quadrant fixing a bilge pump diaphram... and now this... geez..that blog is ten minutes of my life I will never get back, not to mention the bile that rose in my throat as I read. So where's that steak you are gonna owe me.. I will settle for some ribs ... :D:D:D
It is my understanding, correct me, please, if I am wrong. That if one is a 'convicted felon' one cannot have a US Passport. So how come he has one.. or were his felonies in other countries and therefore not counted so to speak?
I love the part in his blog about being the youngest GB ever....... and he uses the GB words, NOT QP or SF.... that pretty much says it all doesn't it?
TS, you owe me bigtime.. first you bann Bangladesh and then they come visiting my Laptop and bring China and Sri Lanka with them.. Zone Alarm said so... next you close the gloved one thread so I cannot whine about being forced into listening to a couple of hours of his music while being stuck behind a steering quadrant fixing a bilge pump diaphram... and now this... geez..that blog is ten minutes of my life I will never get back, not to mention the bile that rose in my throat as I read. So where's that steak you are gonna owe me.. I will settle for some ribs ... :D:D:D
Since I have never been convicted of a Felony I have never researched that. I would think we would want them to travel and let other countries lock them up. They are a lot harsher than the US.
Utah Bob
06-27-2009, 12:31
Convicted felons who have completed their sentence can have passports. If they are still on probation the decision is made by the court.
Hope it was okay to share the info of this blog...since the FIRST paragraph of his blog yestersay makes my skin crawl...:confused:
"Mr. Big is indeed a very large grey haired man who towers over Jack Idema and has a face that reminds one of Winston Churchill. In contrast Jack Idema is an intense smallish man with dark hair who looks every inch the physically fit Special Forces soldier."
Yuk!
Holly
Actually, for those of you who have not already looked - the Wikipedia accountof Idema is pretty complete - best of all, it lists over a hundered searchable and linked references that support what is there (both pro and con)..
One thing that also shows up about him is that he learned quickly "in times of national crisis (9/11) for example - the non-stop media is willing to talk to anybody - who appears to be a subject mater expert.
This is clearly discussed, as well as everything prior in the accoutns in this Wikipedia article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Idema
Contents
1 Questionable behavior
2 Early life
3 Military service
4 Business interests
5 Fraud conviction
6 Lithuania and nuclear weapons smuggling
7 Afghanistan
7.1 Entry and credentials
7.2 Activities on the ground
7.3 Arrest, trial and sentencing
7.4 Amnesty and refusal to leave prison
8 Relationship with the media
8.1 Lithuania
8.2 Marecek murder trial
8.3 September 11th attacks
8.4 Afghanistan
8.4.1 Al Qaeda hoax training footage
8.4.2 Idema in September 2008 Al Qaeda video
8.4.3 State-sponsored terrorism
9 Media coverage
10 See also
11 External links
12 References
Utah Bob
06-27-2009, 19:07
Hope it was okay to share the info of this blog...since the FIRST paragraph of his blog yestersay makes my skin crawl...:confused:
In contrast Jack Idema is an intense smallish man with dark hair who looks every inch the physically fit Special Forces soldier."
Yuk!
Holly
Well, that's really what's important isn't it? The Look.:eek::rolleyes:
Al-Qaida predicts Obama's fall by Muslim nation
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090922/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_al_qaida_video
"..............The message included a lengthy section on U.S. prisons and torture facilities and showed footage of what appeared to be an American torturing an Afghan for information by dunking his head into a bucket of water.
The SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors extremist Web sites, identified the person conducting the torture as Jonathan Keith Idema, who also appeared in last year's al-Qaida video................."
I know it's old video but if you do it and it's on tape it will be around forever. Also, if you do something for training and tape it others can take it out of context and try and present it as something or an idea that is not true.
Team Sergeant
09-23-2009, 07:16
Al-Qaida predicts Obama's fall by Muslim nation
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090922/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_al_qaida_video
"..............The message included a lengthy section on U.S. prisons and torture facilities and showed footage of what appeared to be an American torturing an Afghan for information by dunking his head into a bucket of water.
The SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors extremist Web sites, identified the person conducting the torture as Jonathan Keith Idema, who also appeared in last year's al-Qaida video................."
I know it's old video but if you do it and it's on tape it will be around forever. Also, if you do something for training and tape it others can take it out of context and try and present it as something or an idea that is not true.
That's it! Al-Qaida is now in big (legal) trouble! You can bet your ass the moron known as Jonathan Keith Idema will be suing them in international court next week for those statements!