James Rosen – A senior official confirms to Fox News that the conduct of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl — both in his final stretch of active duty in Afghanistan and then, too, during his time when he lived among the Taliban — has been thoroughly investigated by the U.S. intelligence community and is the subject of “a major classified file.”
In conveying as much, the Defense Department source confirmed to Fox News that many within the intelligence community harbor serious outstanding concerns not only that Bergdahl may have been a deserter but that he may have been an active collaborator with the enemy.
The Pentagon official added pointedly that no relevant congressional committee has sought access to the classified file, but that if such a request were made, key committee chairs would, under previous precedent, likely be granted access to it. Separately, the Pentagon confirmed Monday that it is looking into claims Americans died during the search for Bergdahl.
The administration announced over the weekend that Bergdahl’s release had been secured, in exchange for five Taliban prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. President Obama was joined by the soldier’s parents in making a public statement on the release Saturday evening from the Rose Garden.
Sources told Fox News that many officials in the Executive Branch are “quite baffled” by the White House’s decision to allow the president to stand alongside Bergdahl’s father this past weekend, given the father’s history of controversial statements, emails and online posts.
Asked Monday about reports that Bergdahl’s father was communicating on Twitter with a man described as a Taliban spokesman, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney declined to comment on those reports but defended the administration’s handling of the release.
“The fact is they are the parents of Sergeant Bergdahl. Their son was held in captivity for five years,” he said. “And it was absolutely the right thing to do, for the commander in chief, for this administration to take action to secure his release, the last prisoner of war from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.”
Asked whether Obama stands by National Security Adviser Susan Rice’s claim Sunday that Bergdahl served with “distinction,” Carney said the president “stands by actions that he took as commander in chief” to secure his release.
Another administration official, whose duties are focused on counterterrorism, told Fox News when asked about the status of any investigations into Bergdahl’s initial disappearance and his conduct over the last five years: “Everybody’s looking at this. He’s not going to get a free pass” in the interrogations that Bergdahl will face during his repatriation process. “He’s going to have a lot of questions to answer — a lot. Is he a hero? No.”
Although this source had not seen the classified file described by the Pentagon source, the counterterrorism official agreed that given the high priority attached to the Bergdahl case over the last five years, the need for clarity about Bergdahl’s actions before and during his time with the Taliban “would have been a high priority for intelligence tasking.” (continue reading)
Those files will ‘disappear’ in 3, 2 , 1………………… and the Pentagon ‘source’ will be transferred to
a post in Outer Mongolia with no contact with the civilized world, not even a homing pigeon……..
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Interesting, Michael Hastings wrote the Rolling Stone piece and he dies in car crash almost a year to the day after the story came out in June 2012
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BHO traded away/released five dangerous enemies for a “known” collaborator?
NO ONE is that stupid. This was planned.
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Anybody who still thinks that Zero is a Christian hasn’t been paying attention.
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I would trade Obama, Hillary and rice, and Kerry. With a Harry Reid bonus…..only if they keep them. Then prosecute the traitor.
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Come on! Can we impeach him now? There is no end to his treason, lies, and lack of patriotism. The terrorists will reorganize now. This prisoner should never have had his release negotiated in this way. He is no better than the others released.
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NO! We do not understand. Every little thing he does is legal. Powers given to POTUS by willing legislators. He can not be impeached for using them.
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Aw baloney. I was just starting to get up on my soapbox in a rant about impeaching the (no words accurately describe him).
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Who do we help or forgive, Snowden, who has exposed the massive infringements on our rights to privacy as USA citizens and the massive overreach of The Government OR this guy who probably was a deserter.
The traitor between these two is obvious. (Just as obvious as The King’s (BO) criminal activity.)
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They traded 5 top AQs for this guy. This story just gets worse and worse.
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Think. Shia v. Sunni. Think.
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Splains Obama’s desire to attack the Alawites/Shia in Syria.
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PS think. Who picked who for drone targets?
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None of it makes any sense. Yet.
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Un Cero is like the tar baby , everything seems to be sticking to him.
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Nobody has been listening to what he said. He really is transparent.
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Phooey. Who gave the POTUS the power todo his.?…Our illustrious congress. Now…he has never done anything he did not say he was going to do. If anybody was listening. JMO. He SUX!
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