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In the year leading up to the day that bergdahl left his post. by his own account, bergdahl struggled in the military. before basic training, he wrote, quote, im worried. the closer i get, the calmer the voices are. im reverting. im getting colder. my feelings are being flushed with the frozen logic and the training, all the unfeeling cold judgment of darkness." then with unorthodox spelling, bergdahl expresses feelings of alienation, quote, trying to keep myself together. im so tired of the bla...

Wings talking points. "the post" reports on bergdahls mental health before he was captured by the taliban. "before he ever joined the army, sergeant bowe bergdahl was discharged from the u.s. coast guard for psychological reasons. furthermore, a trove of bergdahls writings paint a portrait of a deeply complicated and fragile young man, who was by his own account, struggling to maintain his mental stability from the start of basic training until the moment he walked off his post in eastern afghan...

Hunting for a recent army recruit choo is believed to commit a ft. hood inspired jihad against american soldiers. he was scheduled to report for basic training next week, but he was discharged, apparently after officials learned of his plan. sources say there may be others who have expressed intentions similar to the suspects. a county official in washington state says 30 people remain missing more than a week after the mudslide that killed at least 24 so far. the rains that have hampered the ...

In which his father was now comfortable. and it was just fine with him. and frequently, when he would write whether it was from an overseas deployment or during the course of basic training, he would be sure to say to dad, extend greetings to mr. walt. with whom al snyder had more than a decade-long relationship. >> i cannot wait to watch the interview. >> tomorrow. >> were watching tomorrow morning 9:00 a.m. eastern here on cnn. true big heartfelt. michael, welcome to the cnn family. >> thank y...

He joins us now from washington. all right. so, tell me why the army is partially responsible for. this. >> well, bill, first of all, i want to make it clear i have zero sympathy with bradley manning, he betrayed his country. but, the u.s. army had -- as with major hasan, the fort hood shooter, had multiple chances to stop him. and they didnt take it. because of a combination of the hunger for warm bodies, political correctness, apathy, bureaucracy, and manning, as we know, even from sources suc...

He joins us now from washington. all right. so, tell me why the army is partially responsible for. this. >> well, bill, first of all, i want to make it clear i have zero sympathy with bradley manning, he betrayed his country. but, the u.s. army had -- as with major hasan, the fort hood shooter, had multiple chances to stop him. and they didnt take it. because of a combination of the hunger for warm bodies, political correctness, apathy, bureaucracy, and manning, as we know, even from sources suc...

>> and polls show if you ask the american public they are okay with this if it means being safer. and they might have a distinction between what is looking at some arbitrary numbers and finding a pattern. they are not okay with the other stuff of reading things. bill, speaking of reading, snowden was living in hawaii with his girlfriend and making $200,000 a year. you live in a cardboard box with a squirrel making not quite $12,000 a year. is snowden crazy giving up all he had for this? >> yes b...

School. its tougher and tougher. and it starts, brian, the second you leave high school. >> you know the funny thing is, i have this -- my background is in education, we have a growing population more people wanting to go to colleges but were not opening new schools. its the -- a smaller tunnel to get into, but the irony here with snowden he doesnt come from an elite situation. >> in fact, he is exactly the rebuke to the story, right? heres somebody who found his way into the upper echelons of t...

In the last couple of weeks of basic training, we would have to convene boards to determine whom among the people who want to stay in the military and go on active duty after that, we want to keep. we wouldnt have to spend billions of dollars advertising enlisting in the military establishment because there would be lots of people who want to stay. at the end when people get to be my age and maybe your age, too, say think about, what do you remember back when you were young? the thing i most rem...

Insurgents. >> north west. looks like they are trying to maneuver on us. >> pretty much the only area left in the river valley where it is one that remains. its a terrain thats favorable to them in a population thats favorable to them. what we are seeing is squad 2 platoon size of taliban some level of basic training and understanding of small unit tactics. they have got very advantageous terrain they fight a defensive fight out there and they are pretty good at it. >> fights like this are becom...