in concert with the state department and the defense department, were orchestrating a campaign of threats and intimidation against not only the infantry men and the military men in afghanistan at the time, in 2009 when bowe bergdahl defected, but also against military officers and pentagon officers to keep silent about what really happened there. >> sure, because they didn't want the real story to get in the way of a really good photo op ultimately. and the real story has. one of the aspects is now we have heard, you know, we've heard a number of his platoon teammates say flatout the guy was a deserter. but we've also heard maybe six people were killed looking for him. your information is much different from that; isn't it? >> yes, it absolutely is. point number one is that both the soldiers that i spoke to and the pentagon official said that he was much more than just a