Back in the day, Snap host Glynn Washington worked as a junior diplomat in Malaysia. He discovered that in the business of deception, you never know who the enemy is.
Way, way, way back in the day, the first time hammer pants were in vogue, Snap Judgment host Glynn Washington worked as a junior foreign service officer in Malaysia. Among his bosses, one CIA agent took him under his wing and showed him how foreign diplomacy is done. But Glynn soon learned that in the business of deception, you never really know who the enemy is.
Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal were hiking in the Iraqi mountains when they followed a path that took them near the Iranian border. Suddenly, they were pawns in a game without winners.
Produced by Reese Erlich, Anna Sussman, and Stephanie Foo.
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Addendum: Since this story aired, both Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer were sentanced to eight years in prison by an Iranian court. All have since been released.
Corrections: Josh Fatal had been traveling elsewhere prior to joining Sarah Shourd and Shane Bauer, but did not reside in Damascus. Also, Shourd was released from prison in September 2010, not August. Finally , the three were NOT aware of Iranian Kurdish guerrillas operating in the far north of the country. They simply took a well-traveled, tourist road to the Ahmad Awa waterfall.
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