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Towards the gate. because we told everybody when we're leaving so they know they only have a few days left to get through those barriers. and because we had so many people out there doing both security and crowd control, that is what led to the target being so dreadfully high in terms of how many troopers we lost. i hate to say it the wrong way, but we'd normally lose two or three during one of these ied attacks, but that's not when you're doing crowd control as well as security. >> and what is -- the pentagon now says that they're taking maximum force protection measures. obviously there's st...

Western forces. >> reporter: july of this year, a guided missile slams into an egyptian warship in the mediterranean. january 2014, egyptian military helicopter blasted out of the sky with a surface-to-air missile. high profile strikes claimed by isis in sinai, terror group's lethal affiliate. they've launched countless ied attacks, including one which wounded four americans in september. they've killed egyptian security forces with sniper fire, and targeted their commanders. >> they have led assassination attempts against higher-up security figures, some undercover and successfully assassinat...

Subsequent years, in searching for bowe bergdahl, there were several they claimed died as a result of ied attacks or a result of deferred resources that led to perhaps more exposure. there's been a lot of criticism. the secretary of defense in brussels addressing that. i want to put aside the politics of this, because there has been more than many of us can stomach. just about anybody with a political bent tries to get in a little bit on this action. the trade in the deal is a whole other conversation. but the fact is, a u.s. soldier is now free from enemy captivity in afghanistan. whether he ...

What the intent was behind that will soon be decided once he recovers in germany. they will get a chance to interview and investigate further. his team leader also said that there was an intercepted radio chatter that had a voice saying that -- indicating that bergdahl may have been seeking talks with the taliban. >> that's right. right after that, then suddenly there is an alarming number of ied attacks after he disappeared directly under trucks, perfect hits every time. possibly a coincidence, but many in the military worry that bergdahl was actually giving information to the bad guys. he wa...

Bergdahl, a senior official tells us we don't have any understanding of why he left his camp the night he disappeared in june 2009. sadly, we do know all too clearly the monumental cost of trying to find bowe bergdahl. from june of that september, that year, six u.s. soldiers were killed in ied attacks or firefights while directly involved in searching for bowe bergdahl, who, some say, had actually abandoned his post. a facebook page entitled bowe bergdahl is not a hero is filled with resentful claims that bergdahl betrayed both his comrades and his duty. cnn's barbara starr joins me now live ...