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>> well on any other day, i think as we said earlier, the killing of adam gadahn would be a major story. in this case of course overshadowed by the mistakes here, the american hostages killed. thanks very much to nick robertson for joining us. much to discuss. i want to bring in a former cia officer. also david rhode, cnn global reporter. he himself was once held captive by the taliban, escaped himself. david, i wonder if i could begin with you. you lived those harrowing months as a captive your...

Motivations were, i think many of those people may find themselves regretting some of the things they say. >> i appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you, anderson. >> cnn global affairs analyst david rhode has a unique perspective. he was held for seven months after being kidnapped by the taliban. he talked about how to bring bo bergdahl home after his captivity. he joins me with a major in the new york army national guard jag corps. major, let me start with you. just in terms of what happe...

Theyre simply going to take -- it could be an infantry officer, a field artillery officer, a medical officer which is what ft. sam is known for. it is not a legal person that will more likely than not be hearing this case. it will be a lay person that will decide whether this case should be bound over for general court-martial. >> barbara star lieutenant colonel scott mann and david rohde. sergeant bowe bergdahl will be facing desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. coming up next the plane ...

Son alone on the battlefield. >> reporter: then in may of last year after several years of negotiating the obama administration agreed to release five taliban prisoners held in guantanamo bay for bowe bergdahl. he was brought to this field in a remote area of khost province and handed over the a u.s. special forces unit. one of the soldiers told bowe bergdahl on the chopper ride out, weve been looking for you for a long time. and brooke interestingly enough, bowe bergdahl is 28 years old. he spe...

Number of months. as we talk about desertion, this is as serious as you can get. you have to have proof that this individual left the base left the platoon never ever intending to return and a possible punishment. again, we have to let the justice system run its course but this could lead to death. how is this the news of these two charges. how is this sitting with you, sir? >> well you know im just trying to apply the same re restraint to it that most of our military men and women are as well. ...

Left his base there in eastern afghanistan talk to me a little bit about his behavior. >> there are reports that he had maybe walked off the base at least once beforehand and there are some questions -- i mean the charges suggest, first of all, that bergdahl walked off the post and he should you know face those charges. i dont think theres a possibility here that he will pe maybe discharged from the army have his pay cut, but i think theres a small chance very small chance that hell face jail ti...

Customs and was intent on going there. >> taking action. >> i think they let it go on for so long because they want to see who hes associated with. i think it led them to i guess the ring leader this gentleman in florida. so theres no question in my mind that they waited too long in this case. >> david rhode and karen greenburg, thanks for being here. also coming up with isis and the threat of terrorism thats front and center right now, the other big story we continue to follow is the funding ...

David rhode who was kidnapped by taliban and managed to escape. karen greenburg the director of the national security center. do these three york new yorkers now after what weve learned about them fit the typical mold or buck the mold of isis recruits? >> first of all, i just want to say that in terms of their plots, you say they plotted to do stuff. were reading a criminal complaint. so we dont know that much about what they plotted to do. but we do know something about them and their online so...

Legally, although one overstayed his welcome. i want to show you the alleged ring leader of this group. this man. arbur hababa. we learned he ran kiosks at malls along the east coast. repaired kitchen stuff, sold cell phones and in his spare time the fbi says he organized and financed an operation to commit terror acts. we note alleged ring leader attended college for awhile and worked with two younger men. their alleged plans included assassinating president obama, hijacking a plane. the 19-yea...

More had been done to get him out of yemen earlier and that they were not consulted about the rescue mission. u.s. officials point out that the united states does not tell families ahead of time about highly classified hostage rescue efforts. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. joining me now is reuters investigative reporter david rhode who was held for seven months by the taliban. he was able to escape. its understandable that u.s. government tell a family in advance theres going to be a class...