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A charge coming from the number of soldiers with whom he served. the answer may lie in the new details starting to form a clearer picture of what really happened. >> in afghanistan with the white flag of the taliban waving and the wind kicked up by the black hawk helicopter, army sergeant bowe bergdahl walked free of his captors. and blinking in the sun, knowing his final steps on afghanistan soil a fire storm of controversy. >> there would be an exchange of sergeant bergdahl for five taliban. >...

Face or anything like that. >> all we can see is on his face. we dont know what is under there but presumably from everyone that has examined this, hes in good shape. do you remember having these ticks or blinking light before? >> im not exactly sure. i mean, he always seemed to be a pretty -- a normal guy as far as his gestures and the way he was looking. so maybe it was the bright sunlight. in a way, though, he looked sad to me. and maybe he smiled because there was some kind of sar relationsh...

The center doing the patdown, but watch how straight these mens arms stay, one even shaking hands with his left. clearly their arms kept straight as they concealed something up their sleeve. >> they have obviously got some kind of weapon. so if they need to shoot across each other, they are ready to go in case of ambush. >> reporter: and then bergdahls blinking eyes, the bright sun, the zus dust or something else. >> if you think of all of the thing thats taliban has done, the executions that th...

Then, jay carney said no threat releasing these five guys to the united states he served with honor and distinction. well, he was a deserter. and then, they said he wasnt healthy. looked healthy to me. >> president obama said, quote, were concerned about bergdahls health how could he be? any test results? blood tests? any blood pressure? you cant tell anything like that from a video. hes blinking? that is the worst story imaginable. to pin it on that asa justification for pulling him out of ther...

Bergdahl video with the members of the video and the hills. so you have seen him, the eyes blinking, his ability to walk, here he was. you know, just based upon your own expertise, could there be much more to his health perhaps than meets the eye? >> i dont think senators are capable of judging what his health was. clearly the white house thought he was in danger. again, i have been in this situation where a colleague of mine was kidnapped, beat up, we had pictures of him, we didnt move fast eno...

About. joining us is a former navy s.e.a.l. commander and a former hostage worker. and he managed to escape and was with "the new york times," now with reuters. david obviously didnt go through a swap like this. but what do you see when you see the blinking, and the light? >> the blinking seems natural, they show him, that is how they moved me around. they always had a cloth or a bag over my head when they moved me and i think he was lying down in the truck, they sat him up and took it off and t...

Cellar. at one point, there was nine hostages held inside this space with roy. when we debriefed an iraqi held with roy, probably about 10, 20 years old. this kid weighed about 80 pounds and he could not walk without the help, much like bergdahl was having trouble walking. so thats pretty common for these guys and the fact thatburg call was blinking. he had probably not been out in the sun his entire captivity. this will explain a lot of the condition that he had that obviously stooe and certain...

That. all of those science of respect -- the mission is to get the prisoner out of there quickly, respectfully and without any ceremony or excitement. and it looked like thats what happened. >> brad, to you now. its unusual to see the taliban and u.s. soldiers together in any capacity. but isnt it just the fact that if youre going to negotiate a prisoner exchange, youre not going to be dealing with your friends, as we said, youre going to get out of there fast and not try to talk for a long time...

That. the mission is to get out of there without any ceremony or excitement and it looks like that is what happened. >> brad thor to you now, its unusual to stee the taliban and u.s. soldiers together in any capacity. but isnt it just the fact that if youre going to negotiate a prisoner exchange, youre not going to be dealing with your friends and, as i said, youre going to get out of their fast and youre not going to try to talk for a long time? >> right. and so first off, the reason he was bli...

With "the new york times," now with reuters. david obviously didnt go through a swap like this. but what do you see when you see the blinking, and the light? >> the blinking seems natural, they show him, that is how they moved me around. they always had a cloth or a bag over my head when they moved me and i think he was lying down in the truck, they sat him up and took it off and thats why he was blinking. i thought his walk looked good. >> and dressed the way you were dressed. >> i think they b...