it s the last of the situation reports we obtained from august 2012, so about a little less than two years before he finally was swapped in this deal where he was reported to have declared for a warrior for islam. could very feigned this alegion allegiance to survive, sure. all of this is possible given his prior emails and as part of the investigation we presume now underway by the army. it me, bill, who rendered judgment. that came from susan rice, the national security advisor who declared six days ago that bergdahl had served with honor. that s just propaganda. you know, ambassador rice has lost all credibility with anybody. whatever she says, nobody believes last question here this is important question. i have said that we have to give the sergeant the benefit of the doubt i think face the fair thing to do. i think you have to report these things. it s my job to challenge and try to put them in perspective. but, here s the rub it looks
germany, they can t reveal a lot because of patient privacy. but apparently his health is improving. we have also, thanks to james rosen, uncovered that apparently he declared jihad while he was being held by the haqqani network. in fact, the department of defense received a number of these situation reports and allow me to quote, sit rep 23. it said berg taliban has converted to islam and now describes himself as a warrior for islam. bergdahl enjoys a mood couple of freedom and engages in target practices, firing a.k. 47s. bergdahl is even allowed to carry a loaded gun. he plays soccer with his guards and bounds around the pitch like a mad man. he appears to be well and happy and has a noticeable habit of laughing frequently and saying salaam, which means peace, repeatedly.
spotted in south waziristan. by may 2010, negotiations for bergdahl s release were said to collapse. bergdahl was observed at a bizarre and not tightly controlled by his captors. indeed 12 days later, bergdahl escaped. five days after that he was recaptured, returned to shawal observed collapsing in ill health. that july bergdahl spent on compound of a businessman. that august the guards imprisoning bergdahl confined him to specially constructed metal cage. by early 2012 haqqanis began ransom demands. that august bergdahl converted to islam and declared mujahideen, warrior for islam and observed firing ak 4s with his captors. a top obama white house official said yesterday, they never heard that. the idea that we are trying sergeant bergdahl in the court of public opinion in absentia,
they will look to gain as much intelligence as they can. phase three they reunite with the family. why does it take so long and how long is the process from phase one, two and three. how long until he reunites. face two, three or more days and depends on the person and how they deal with things. you don t want to throw them back into the home environment. face three happens back at home and that will be a long process, you know, to help them understand what they have been through and what they are going how to continue to deal with that in the future. so there is no set times for these, but it s something to, like i said, gain intelligence, deal with their medical, deal with their psychological issues and help them to adapt after being through such a traumatic event. let me go back to this that he converted to islam and a warrior for islam. my first thought would be that maybe he is suffering from the stockholm syndrome, maybe look, we have 250,000 vets that have served multi
exclusive reporting that apparently when he was being held by the terrorists, he converted to islam, referred to himself as a warrior for islam, and even at times would let him carry around his own gun? that does concern me a little bit that now if that is true and that he did convert over, now he s back, or coming back to the u.s. a little concerning. just a little. yeah indeed. yeah. what about the fact that a top taliban commander was time magazine reached out to him and apparently they talked to him in the past. and he says that for them, the lesson of the five for one swap is there is money and then there are hostages and they re going to try to go ahead and take more americans hostage because that s how they can spring their guys. does that surprise you? no, it doesn t. it just seems like the same thing that the mexican cartels do, that people pay for