Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The U.S. are sending nearly 30 experts to from the FBI and State and Defense departments to help the Nigerian government track down nearly 300 abducted schoolgirls, the Washington Post reports.
Among those helping are four FBI officials specialize in recovering kidnap victims, negotiations and preventing future cases.
About 276 girls are still missing after a terrorist group, Boko Haram, kidnapped them from their school in remote northeastern Nigeria.
A video from the group’s leader said the girls won’t be returned until some of his detainees are freed by the government.
“We have no reason to question its authenticity,” State Department spokesman Jay Carney said. “Our intelligence experts are combing over every detail of it for clues that might help in the ongoing efforts to secure the release of the girls.”
