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How We Freed 115 Americans Without Paying Ransoms | Sebastian Gorka
115 Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained have been brought home in the last 20 months—with zero ransoms paid—said Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to President Donald Trump and senior director for counterterrorism at the National Security Council.
In this episode, Gorka takes us inside high-stakes hostage rescues, negotiation efforts, and the Trump administration’s strategy to go after radical jihadism and left-wing terrorism.
In this episode, we dive into:
A late-night mission to Kabul to meet top Taliban officials.
The hostage cases Gorka sees as the most difficult.
How many…
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