A lot of crazy news this week but don’t forget this — the Abbey Gate bomber was safely locked away at Bagram. Then the Biden admin abandoned it and the Taliban freed him. Then he killed 13 Americans.

NEW: The Biden Admin — after nearly three years of refusing to admit his identity — has confirmed the Abbey Gate bomber was ISIS-K terrorist Abdul Rahman al-Logari, who was freed from a prison at Bagram by the Taliban weeks after U.S. abandoned the base.
foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-release/…

Jerry Dunleavy 🇺🇸 Rita Panahi If you read Kabul, which Jerry and I wrote together, it’s abundantly clear why the administration tried to avoid naming Logari for so long.

amazon.com/Kabul-Untold-B…

NEW: The Biden Admin — after nearly three years of refusing to admit his identity — has confirmed the Abbey Gate bomber was ISIS-K terrorist Abdul Rahman al-Logari, who was freed from a prison at Bagram by the Taliban weeks after U.S. abandoned the base.
foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-release/…

Devastating new details reveal more State Department chaos in the two weeks before the Afghanistan disaster: U.S. staff STILL didn't have a full evacuation plan when the Taliban stormed Kabul... days before the suicide blast trib.al/HdxRpX4

Antony Blinken's answer to Pulp Fiction 'cleaner' Winston Wolfe failed to answer questions 100 TIMES when quizzed about disastrous Afghanistan exit, damning transcripts reveal trib.al/zUlbVqC

NEW: “Chairman McCaul announced another release of transcribed interviews with State Department officials charged with leading the civilian evacuation from Afghanistan.” These transcripts include Blinken fixer Derek Chollet & Biden acolyte Brian McKeon.
foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-release/…

And State Dept officials hadn't finished their evacuation plan when the Taliban arrived in Kabul, according to testimony

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

SCOOP: Antony Blinken's answer to Pulp Fiction's Winston 'The Wolf' Wolfe failed to answer 100 times during interview with House Afghanistan investigation

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

There was no plan because the State Department continued to insist until days before Kabul fell that they would keep the embassy open *even if the Taliban took over.* Then many officials they sent were too scared to stay at the gates to process evacuees

amzn.to/49oxlLG

Chairman Michael McCaul and my House Foreign Affairs Committee Majority colleagues are continuing to ask the tough questions as we examine the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal. The fact that there was no evacuation plan is inexplicable.
edition.cnn.com/2024/04/03/pol…

Top diplomat who ran botched Afghanistan evacuation was picked after Kabul fell, was given no plan: testimony trib.al/dgjhiPc

Afghanistan Evac Plans Were Drawn Up On The Fly As Chaos Consumed Kabul Airport, New Testimony Reveals Daily Caller dailycaller.com/2024/04/04/afg…

NEW: “Chairman McCaul announced another release of transcribed interviews with State Department officials charged with coordinating the United States’ civilian evacuation from Afghanistan.”

These transcripts include John Bass, Jim DeHart, & Jayne Howell.
foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-release/…

State Department officials told House investigators they created Afghanistan withdrawal plans from scratch cnn.com/2024/04/03/pol…

Read the transcribed interviews from key witnesses—Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State John Bass and Consul Generals Jayne Howell and James DeHart—here ⬇️

foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-release/…

TODAY 🚨 The committee released a second tranche of transcribed interviews with Department of State officials on the Biden administration's disastrous withdrawal from #Afghanistan , further evidencing State's failure to plan drove dangerous conditions in Afghanistan over the tipping point.

“I cannot emphasize enough to you that minute to minute, what was happening was changing,” one of the official said. All three said the situation on the ground forced them to constantly adapt their plans. cnn.com/2024/04/03/pol…

Exclusive: State Department officials told House investigators they created Afghanistan withdrawal plans from scratch, w/ Jennifer Hansler cnn.com/2024/04/03/pol…

NEW: Sam Aronson told lawmakers State didn't have the best staff in place for Afghanistan evacuation.

One consular officer at Kabul airport wasn't physically fit: He weighed over 300lbs.

Another was deaf--a disadvantage in a war zone. realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/…