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Will Oscar-nominated cast and crew of 'Zero Dark Thirty' bring attention to 'America's Abandoned Hero,' Dr. Shakil Afridi?
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Great to talk to you how you doing very well said that makes tell -- include doctor Al treaty is and what he did for the US.
Doctor afridi is the Pakistani dope test who held the CI AE verify the location of Osama bin Laden and his compound.
In Pakistan.
He -- he ran a hepatitis.
Vaccination program set up by the CIA went to the compound.
Under pretends to fashion fascinating the children to combat but he -- taking DNA samples.
Also his -- phone call -- Coles to the compound to set up.
Those visits -- Trent -- -- -- rather traced by the CIA and a little voice -- top bin Laden's -- -- And that's how they -- neurons that neither onto the al-Qaeda -- -- I -- our Navy -- -- and they take got to sound and a lot of but we leave essentially behind -- off treaty he gets arrested by the Pakistan is by the ISI.
Thrown in prison tried for treason and got -- route 3335.
Years have we done anything to get him back -- to help free him.
The efforts to get doctor afridi -- have been very -- quite frankly on the on the side of the US and governments bases CIA level but all site.
The stated policy -- offense in its efforts as well.
One of the reasons is is -- US government's he's very it's.
Very stead when he comes to dealing with the pakistanis because they say material.
-- policy package the Pakistani military which is very controlling force inside Pakistan.
The sends militants in Pakistan over into Afghanistan to tackle soldiers and NATO soldiers over that insight.
The -- Washington he's very concerned about actually -- sexy.
But Pakistan even further and you know we give them up to two billion dollars in -- military aid.
-- -- getting virtually nothing in return for that since -- Washington doesn't have to deal with -- primarily -- -- one of the reasons why they haven't tackled the -- -- -- much as you would think they wouldn't.
I -- -- some of the civilian Americans are doing something with an -- tell me about it.
Okay this is a -- -- -- in this week's Hollywood's -- portraits of full page ad in the Oscars special edition of the reports that.
And it set up by Californians -- Philanthropist.
Who basically was reading all of our coverage on -- media listen to what coverage and Fox News about don't prefer you just felt compelled to do something about it.
Said he -- with the year in which.
Zero -- -- a movie about the bin Laden raid he's actually out for numerous awards.
That those people that made the film should be standing up and speaking about -- saying hey what about adults are free we depicted in the movie.
But he's be left behind.
Are the people that actually set this campaign consider -- -- America's abandoned here and that's how -- calling.
And that same with the voice of Hollywood's to actually -- his issue.
It gives immense power a billion people will be watching the Oscars around the world that'll put pressure on the US government to get the -- out.
The very find the location of the world's most wanted terrorist have been -- to zero dogs -- -- they say without Shaquille afridi.
I -- I Thursday has left you have interviewed him it's not to -- in prison but he's also been tortured is that right.
That's absolutely right she's -- treatment has not attended -- the hands.
The hands of the ISI the Pakistan's spy agency that captured him.
How we've just learned stay in the the past 24 hours actually that he has released to us desperate pleas to his family for some help to get -- out.
I had to get an -- out of the prison.
Because conditions are just getting considerably worse these very fearful for his safety that was communicates to -- virus -- the past 24 Rouse myself.
Coming thank you very much and I'm sure that -- -- our our viewers a very Ambac and -- said doctor -- certainly helped the United States immensely and he's not sitting in prison in Pakistan thank you down next.
