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Is look at the buy ogden fees of these guys and it becomes very clear that all five were very closely tied to al qaeda prior to 9/11. >> this week, mrs. clinton and other officials downplayed the risk of transferring the men. >> these five guys are not a threat to the united states. they are a threat to the safety and security of afghanistan and pakistan. its up to those two countries to make the decision, once and for all that these are threats to them. >> while none of the documents comes clos...

With troubled past. people were criminal records. i think we have to see the extent to which the army looked at the coast guard record and the reasons for the release. we know it had a psychological component to it. something he went through in his youth and he overcame it. you dont know. as far as writings in captivity, we should withhold judgment on that. he walked away from his post. that was wrong. there has to be an investigation of that and proper action taken. other than that, i dont beli...

In the army. if the army checked his record, it took him anyway. back with me is peter king and kimberly dosier. she scooped us this week on the letters bergdahl wrote from captivity. kimberly, i read those letters that you discussed. there was a line, there are most sides to this situation. situation spelled with a "c." what is the cliffs notes version? >> there were two letters. one written in 2012 which is much more general talking about his health and welfare and then going off into a long r...

Facing compared to maybe what you faced during and after your captivity when you were in vietnam? >> well, i think, first of all, if he has, in fact, been in solitary confinement for five years that is a major problem. some of your leaders in solitary as much as four years but we had contact with other americans and then we had the last two years of the war when it was more live and let live, thanks to the american people who put a lot of pressure on the communists about our treatment we had tim...

>> awfully effective. imagine youre in the seat, you see the big screen and you think, boy, if thats indicative of what can happen when i take my eyes on the screen or the road as the case may be, heaven help us. hopefully it will be as effective as other smoking cessation or ads in the country. nothing like a scare straight tactic to get that message. still to come, there is one thing that bowe bergdahl has not done yet since being released from captivity that might surprise you. also, the ...

Had tried to escape twice and his conditions of captivity were much, much worse. they built a cage for him, taliban sources tell me. they kept him either in the cage or basements, sometimes hooded much of the time. and the second letter, he talks about heres why essentially i walked off the base. he says to his mom and dad, thank you for going to washington, d.c., tell those doing the investigation to wait for all of the evidence to come in. he starts talking about the conditions under which he ...

>> you bet, leland. coming up, for more on the u.s. response to the growing crisis in iraq and, this is an ongoing story over the next couple weeks for sure, tune into sunday morning futures tomorrow with maria bartiromo for her exclusive interview with the chairman of the house armed services committee, congressman buck mckean. thats tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern, only right here on the fox news channel. learning more about sergeant bowe bergdahls time in captivity. senior military...

Trying to get the details on his capture experience. what were trying to do right now is go through a lot of decompression, debriefing, to give him a chance to tell his story, to get back to a normal life, making choices on his own, to understanding that that he has ability to make those choices for his life as he moves forward. and another critical part of that is debriefing and really do a very normal healthy storytelling. we try to do that putting in a context of how he can assist our forces ...

Wondered about your reaction to these letters obtained by the daily beast. >> theyre very familiar, i exchanged letters with my wife when i was in captivity. some of these have been held in afghanistan and they took messages to the taliban families. the problem with the letters, i think theyre authentic, as bowe bergdahl is writing them he has the taliban watching. he is writing and they make copies. he is essentially writing this note under duress. like he wouldnt want to write anything where h...

Sergeant bowe bergdahl back on u.s. soil this morning for the first time in five years. flown in overnight to brook army medical center in texas after nearly two weeks under treatment at military hospital in germany. this is new letters obtained by the "daily beast" is offering new insights into bergdahls mind while in captivity. joining us now is chris, a former u.s. navy s.e.a.l. and navy s.e.a.l. medical professional. chris, thanks for joining us. also, give us a sense of what bowe bergdahl i...