America's botched Afghanistan withdrawal: 'It's even worse than people know'

October 5, 2021 by Sharyl Attkisson 11 Comments

The following is according to firsthand accounts.

• U.S. Embassy left behind biometrics on Afghans who helped U.S.
• Taliban used the information to contact the Afghans with spoof emails, telling them report to fake "safe houses," where they were executed

“It’s even worse than people know,” says a source who was present for the botched U.S withdrawal from Afghanistan in August. As the capital of Kabul descended into chaos, the CIA managed to destroy all sensitive materials at its compound at the Ariana hotel prior to departing. Operatives reportedly deployed the “vulcan fire,” option, a multi-stage thermocorrosive chemical destroyer, to obliterate anything that the U.S. did not want to fall into the enemy’s hands.

However, important and sensitive material was left behind a short distance away at the U.S. embassy. That included decades of biometrics information collected about Afghans who assisted the American effort: fingerprints, facial recognition data, and information on their social media.  The biometrics files were quickly collected by the Islamic extremist Taliban.

What did the Taliban do with it?  According to information, the Taliban sent spoof emails, pretending that the emails were generated by the U.S. State Department, instructing the Afghans to report to “safe houses.”  When the Afghans arrived at the fake “safe houses,” the Taliban executed them.  .........To Read More....