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Show you where this has been going on. joint base san antonio, lackland and texas, naval base ventura county and at fort sill in oklahoma. you mention in your letter to the president how this could inhibit the training of our troops. and why. >> well, from my standpoint there were two issues that concerned me. first the training of the troops. but secondly, the safety of the children. because fort hood is a live fire base. we fire live rounds at fort hood. we train experienced soldiers whove bee...

Remote part of afghanistan. >> on the combat. >> in a combat operation. >> right. >> right away, you are trying to figure out who these guys are he is an american. peel him off from the others. they bring you in. okay. >> right. >> they take him where. where did you guys take him? >> took him to remote fire base. he was isolated. let me be very clear on this. technique used to break people. and, bill, wepeople. and, bill, we arrived on helicopter at 2:00 in the morning, we woke him up, we starte...

The idea that somehow or another these techniques -- we knew about canary wharf and heathrow and on military bases abroad from people who were subjected to these techniques and provided useful information. >> you know, brennan doubled down on that. he said for someone to say there was no intelligence value that came from those detainees once subjected to those enhanced interrogation techniques lacks any foundation at all. he said again that he wishes they just asked someone who was actually ther...

Remote part of afghanistan. >> on the combat. >> in a combat operation. >> right. >> right away, you are trying to figure out who these guys are he is an american. peel him off from the others. they bring you in. okay. >> right. >> they take him where. where did you guys take him? >> took him to remote fire base. he was isolated. let me be very clear on this. technique used to break people. and, bill, wepeople. and, bill, we arrived on helicopter at 2:00 in the morning, we woke him up, we starte...

Administratively. even assuming that sergeant bergdahl did walk off of the firebase, we dont know the reason. we dont know the intend. we dont know if he was suffering from a mental health issue at the time. so i dont see this turning into a court-martial. i think theres potential that there could be an administrative or medical separation for this soldier. >> and, greg, in the article in "rolling stone," you guys pointed out that the unit that bergdahl served in wasnt exactly the best run unit....

He called his unit the day after he deserted to tell them that he had deserted. i have two guys that were in the briefing july 1st, which is when the army, the fourth brigade airborne of the 25th infantry division first found out he was missing, because he called them, and i have since talked to two soldiers who were in his platoon. bill, we lost 14 soldiers killed searching for a deserter. he left his unit in combat. its not arguable. >> all right. >> its not arguable and we lost 14 guys. >> le...

Jay carney. bergdahls capture. >> it hasnt been determined yet whether he was a deserter. >> sergeant bergdahl was in captivity for five years, held against his will and it was absolutely the right thing to do consistent with our tradition in the united states to secure his return. the defense department will in terms of evaluating all of the circumstances surrounding his initial detention and his captivity. >> so carney kind of dodged the question. joining us from boston fox news military analy...

Jay carney. bergdahls capture. >> it hasnt been determined yet whether he was a deserter. >> sergeant bergdahl was in captivity for five years, held against his will and it was absolutely the right thing to do consistent with our tradition in the united states to secure his return. the defense department will in terms of evaluating all of the circumstances surrounding his initial detention and his captivity. >> so carney kind of dodged the question. joining us from boston fox news military analy...

apple holds almost $100 billion in cash reserves. this morning the company announce wad it would do with some of that cold cash. apple announced a $10 billion stock buyback that would begin in october. it also would begin giving shareholders a quarterly dividend for the first time since 1995. and espns chris mortenson a reporting that peyton manning will sign with the denver broncos. four-time nfl most valuable player had been deciding between tennessee and denver. indianapolis colts...

downplaying the most serious eyewitness testimony. what this man assistant coach mike mcqueary said he saw when he was a graduate assistant. he was in the locker room in the lasch building where he said he saw sandusky raping a child. how does sanduskys lawyer respond to a seemingly unshakable account? our jason carroll asked him directly. his answers, they may shock you. jason joins us in a moment, so will an attorney for one of the victims. a lot happening tonight, including the remo...