I don't know.....
It was my son's whack theory...LOL!
I think that the "hostage" (YTG) was supposed to "disappear" during the excitement... they did know that there would be an attempt to save...I don't think they expected to lose the battle- but the YTG did meet up with other guys....so I think he was supposed to just disappear during the attempt- and he would be free to carry out the REAL mission no metter what went down...
after all- I think the bad guys expected to actually kill Jack before they got to the airport....
or have Jack on the run from CTU anyway....
fun trying to figure it out though! LOL!
Usually the wack theories work. I remember waking up in the middle of the night and realizing that Nina was the mole. Sick.