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Immediately and for goodness sake i have no idea why someone who has essentially been charged with a felony is wandering around on leave out in the middle of nowhere. this guy should be on restricted leave, you know, never leave any post. >> well, you can imagine what these families are going through of the people, who you know, sons were lost searching for him after he desserted. do they have any retribution in this? >> there is at least seven americans and three british who were killed in a search looking for him. then you have on top of that the five taliban who were traded for him still --...

Active duty. instead of doing what he should be doing, he's on leave in a pot farm. he's a soldier that got mad at chain of command and desserted. he put fellow soldiers in harm's way, put his family through hell. now this. >> we've had stories on this channel how a number of people looking for him after he desserted were killed. >> sure. i testified next to the family of first lieutenant andrews who died on patrol in the area they never would have been in unless they were searching for sergeant bergdahl. my own special forces operators were baited into ambushes by the taliban because they kne...

Coming home. >> the point is he is back. he is going to be safely reunited with his family. he served the united states with honor and distinction. >> reporter: soon after his release a core s of criticism erupted from soldiers in bergdahl's unit who spent much of their tour looking for bergdahl blaming loss of some members of the unit to those searches. >> i would like to say to beau right now having trouble speaking english i'm your father. >> initially after he left we knew that he desserted. we knew that he was trying to find the taliban or trying to find someone who could speak english so...