thanx for this posting, Liz
<><>as uncovered by former CIA superstar Gary Berntstein
<><>Bernstein and his 12 Venezuelan engineers who actually helped do the thefts.
can’t believe I’ve never heard of berntstein before seeing this
could this be the same guy referred to from butterdezillion’s post?
Gary Berntsen: What Happened to Ex-CIA Field Commander?
https://thecinemaholic.com/gary-berntsen/
wiki——snip
Berntsen (correct spelling) was serving in Latin America when the attacks on September 11 happened, after which he volunteered for the Counterterrorism Units response. He joined the Northern Alliance Liaison Team, codenamed Jawbreaker, and arrived in Afghanistan a few weeks after Gary Schroen had led the team into the Panjshir Valley.
Together with U.S. Special Forces and Afghan militias opposed to the Taliban and al-Qaeda, Berntsen led the Jawbreaker team. In early November 2001, Berntsen and his team entered into Kabul to secure hostages after the Taliban and al-Qaeda were pushed out.
They also learned that bin Laden had retreated into the Nangarhar province, near the border with Pakistan. Berntsen sent the Jawbreaker team scout the area, aided by a local Afghan warlord they paid where they eventually tracked al-Qaeda and bin Laden hiding out in the Tora Bora mountain range.
Berntsen began calling in airstrikes on the cave complex, using daisy cutter bombs, and was later joined by the Northern Alliance and the Special Forces.
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