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Innocent until proven guilty. hes now being tried in the court of public opinion after having gone through an enormously traumatic five years of captivity, his parents the same. i think what we need to care most about is his health and well-being and recovery. therell be an opportunity and the military has committed to review the circumstances of his capture. if there is a consequence that results from that, that will be delivered, but in the meantime, lets remember this is a young man who volun...

Bergdahl. hed been in captivity for five years. we had indications that his health may be fragile. and so there was a real sense of urgency to obtaining his freedom. the president had the opportunity to do so. and it was an opportunity that could well have been fleeting. and he chose to take it. and he feels very strongly that was the right decision. all of us on the national security team were unanimous in supporting and recommending that we take this opportunity -- >> was that the reason why y...

Changed over time as the taliban loosened or tightened security around him. they also moved him frequently to avoid detection by the u.s. the tough u.s. military commander in europe told christiane amanpour that bergdahl is not yet formally being questioned. >> i wouldnt say he is being debriefed right now. what were concentrating on right now is his health. he has been in a very tough place for a long time. >> reporter: sources say bergdahl is psychologically stable enough to speak with his par...

Captivity and is now trying to begin the process of recovery. lets let that happen. lets know the facts including his side of the . >> well, i want to bring in retired lee ellis who was held by the vietnamese for more than five years. wed like to bring him in to talk about this controversy surrounding bergdahl. frst of all, what do you think about what susan rice had to say? >> i think its always good to get the facts. i think theres wisdom in that. we have some of the facts on both sides i thin...

This. james rosen has been way out in front. good morning to you. you put together a detailed timeline of bergdahls five years in captivity and from that timeline what have you learned about it? >> reporter: bill, good morning. these are real time dispatches from a pentagon subcontractor called the eclipse group a private intelligence firm previously retained for example by "the new york times" to help find a "times" reporter held hostage in pack stage. thesesy reps offer our east detailed view ...

Administrations failure to consult congress. the top democrat in the senate continues defending the white house and says the important iss safe. >> you know that his health is not good. thats obvious. but i mean that is not -- lets assume he was in vibrant health and faking all of this. that doesnt, he is an american soldier. has been in captivity for five years. the wars winding down. lets bring him home. we did. >> reporter: other than the lack of consultation, the taliban five given up in thi...

Senator harry reid, in his quiet, furious way, harry reid made the same point today in the u.s. senate. watch. >> lets assume he was in vibrant health and faking all of this. he is an american soldier. hes been in captivity for five years them wars winding down. lets bring him home. >> nor reid spoke in his patented angry whisper today about how the republicans have been denying they knew anything about this deal that has been public for years and thou the same republicans criticizing the presid...

Barbara star is following all of the developments. what are we learning? >> good morning, kate, there are a lot of new details about what may have happened to bowe bergdahl, but as you say, there are are also a lot of questions. bowe bergdahl may have tried to escape his taliban captors on at least two occasions, a u.s. official tells cnn. bergdahl may not yet have talked fully about his five years in taliban captivity, but he is recovering. the pentagon now says he is speaking english to the me...

>> very much not an enemy on the run, as we have heard the administration say on occasion. jennifer, thank you very much. now more on the secret reports that a private intelligence firm gathered on sergeant bergdahls time in captivity. james rosen was the first to get an eye on those reports and hes live for us in washington. james, what have you learned from these documents? >> harris, good afternoon. these documents consist of realtime dispatches, from a pentagon subcontractor call eed the ecl...

They are saying that hes now conversing with the medical staff and that hes becoming more engaged with his treatment care plan. so those are the only details they have given us over the past couple days. its a little bit intention with the idea that sergeant bergdahls life was in jeopardy which is why they had it to do that prisoner swap. were not getting any sense from the medical team here that theres any kind of life threatening problem associated with sergeant bergdahl. there are some things...