CIA Operation and Communication in Crisis

When were you first able to send a signal?

As soon as I found a spot that I felt c-

provided some concealment, I started working on toward

communication.

What did you say in that message?

When I got to the moment where I could review and think about all

that I'd gone through,

I sent, "God is good,"

as a recognition of all that He had brought

me through. There was a, um, "I'm hurt, I'm moving,"

and there was a God is good message, uh, that came in there.

Now we knew he was alive. He's moving. Okay, let's keep planning.

There was the thought of maybe going on Friday night, uh,

first,

but there just, it just didn't line up. That was a really tough decision.

I'll never forget being in the situation room and saying, "Okay, I guess we're

gonna roll 24," which means, hey, Bravo's gonna be out there for basically

24 hours more.

Bravo would have to survive with almost no water and no food,

in the wind and the cold of the high mountain desert for another

full day. In the end, it was the CIA that played

a pivotal role, launching a multi-pronged

campaign, which included deception to confuse

Iranian

forces and top secret technology to pinpoint

Bravo's exact location.