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    REPORT: Obama May Have Exchanged MONEY & Taliban Prisoners for Bowe Bergdahl

    REPORT: Obama May Have Exchanged MONEY & Taliban Prisoners for Bowe Bergdahl

    Posted on Thursday, June 5th, 2014 at 1:39 am.
    by: Benjamin Franklin



    FOX News is reporting that the Obama administration may have given the Taliban and Haqqani terrorists money as well as the five top Taliban prisoners.
    Greta Van Susteren: Is there any reason to be confident that we didn’t do both? (cash and prisoners)
    Catherine Herridge: This is an excellent point. It is entirely possible.



    The Obama administration largely bypassed the intelligence community to green-light the risky swap of five Taliban leaders for American Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, officials tell Fox News, as new details emerge about concerns with the deal at the highest levels of President Obama’s team.
    A military intelligence source also confirmed to Fox News that a second option — involving the payment of a cash ransom for Bergdahl’s freedom — was pursued as late as December 2013.
    The source said the goal was to reach out to Pakistan leadership with direct ties to the Taliban, and float the possibility of trading cash, instead of prisoners, for Bergdahl. That option, though, was put “on hold” in December when it was made clear the administration intended to pursue a prisoner swap.
    Intelligence officials confirmed to Fox News that the Bergdahl prisoner swap was then on an accelerated track, and no formal assessment of the entire intelligence community was conducted. This made the opportunity to push back against the transfer extremely limited.
    Further, top officials including Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and then-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta were firmly against the proposed transfer in 2012 after it was first floated.
    The details add to concerns that the White House and others involved in the decision did not adequately assess the risks before springing five senior Taliban leaders from Guantanamo over the weekend.

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    Sen. Cruz: How Many Will Lose Their Lives Because of Taliban Swap?


    by Fox News Insider // Jun 03 2014 // 9:48pm
    As seen on The Kelly File

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    Since news broke of the prisoner swap for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, focus has turned in part to the six soldiers who died searching for him. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) is turning attention to those American soldiers who died trying to capture the five Taliban leaders that were released from Gitmo as part of the exchange.



    Chambliss: 'Classified File on Bergdahl Leaves Questions Unanswered'

    Tonight on The Kelly File, Sen. Cruz called the United States government’s deal with the Taliban “troubling.”
    “An obvious question that leaps to mind: how many soldiers lost their lives to capture these five Taliban terrorists?” he asked. “And how many soldiers may lose their lives in the future if and when these Taliban return to making war against Americans?”
    There are growing questions over whether Bergdahl was a deserter. Cruz said we need answers to what President Obama knew about his conduct and the serious allegations raised against him.
    Watch the video above to hear Cruz's reaction to a proposed amendment to the Constitution by Democrats that he says could essentially curtail free speech.

    More on the Bergdahl prisoner swap from Fox News:
    Peters: Obama Admin's Handling of Bergdahl Is 'Benghazi 2.0'
    Parents of Soldier Killed in Bergdahl Search Call for Investigation
    O'Reilly Blasts Obama Admin: 'Morons' for Saying Bergdahl Served With Honor

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    // Bowe Bergdahl // Ted Cruz // Taliban // First Amendment // Free Speech // Citizens United

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    Krauthammer: Part of Obama’s “Arrogance,” “Ignorance” To Celebrate Bergdahl Trade

    Posted on 4 June, 2014 by clyde



    CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: This is not a management problem, this is a problem that is intrinsic with hostage swaps. Look, Ronald Reagan who ran a very good administration, very efficient administration, extremely successful administration, slipped and fell and was humiliated over hostage swaps. Administrations always come out on the wrong end of this.

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    The view I have of this is rather different from yours. I think that a country has two obligations, absolutely ironclad obligations. Number one, if there is a soldier being held, you get him back. But number two is, if you desert your unit, you are subject to military discipline. I would say you free him and then you try him. That is the only way that you can deal with this.
    And no matter how you do the deal, the west, whenever it deals with hostages, or prisoners of war, always ends up on the weaker side of the deal. The Israelis got back one private, Private [Gilad] Shalit. They gave up over 1,000 terrorists, including many with actual blood on their hands. The mistake Obama made and this is part of his arrogance and also perhaps also ignorance is to celebrate the release with that press conference.
    When you make the swap, you know that the terms are uneven. You know the five guys that you have on the screen now are going to return and they are going to try to kill Americans. This is a somber and solemn thing that you do with regret and with sorrow, but you do it in the name of a code.

    H/T realclearpolitics

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    Bergdahl Squad Leader: Taliban Attacks Got 'More Direct' After Bergdahl 'Deserted'

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    What The Obama Administration Is Calling Bergdahl’s Platoon Mates Is Despicable

    By Steve Straub On June 5, 2014 · Leave a Comment · In US



    This is beyond despicable and it’s clear Brandon Friedman has no place in public service. He, and his bosses (he didn’t say this on his own) are simply beneath contempt.

    Via The Washington Free Beacon:

    Obama administration official on Wednesday suggested that members of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s platoon who have criticized him for allegedly deserting his unit might be “psychopaths,” the Right Scoop reports.
    Brandon Friedman, the deputy assistant secretary of public affairs at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, floated the possibility that Bergdahl’s squadmates are “smear[ing] him publicly” because he “grew disillusioned with what he saw, didn’t trust his leadership, and walked off.”


    The hard truth the administration has to face is that not a single soldier has come out to defend Bergdahl. Not a single one, if he had supporters in the military I assure you, you would have heard about it by now.
    What this really tells us about the Obama administration is that it’s staffed by despicable people who will try and destroy true heroes to make themselves look good.
    What do you think about the Obama administration’s attempts tp smear Bergdal’s platoon mates as either “swift boaters, or now psychopaths?

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    Obama admin official scrubs Twitter bio after suggesting Bergdahl’s platoon was full of ‘psychopaths’

    Scrub-a-dub-dub.

    When Brandon Friedman took to Twitter to plant the seeds for another attack on Bowe Bergdahl’s whistle-blowing platoon mates, his bio proudly announced his role as deputy assistant secretary for public affairs at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
    “What if [Bergdahl's] platoon was long on psychopaths and short on leadership?” he tweeted, before calling for everyone to “withhold judgment” about allegations that Bergdahl deserted. “I’m not a fan of such speculation,” he added. Uh huh.
    And then Friedman scrubbed his Twitter bio. Here’s the Google cache from Jun 3, 2014:


    http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:B6WabqqIBFYJ:https://twitter.com/BFriedmanDC+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us


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    Obama Admin Official: What If Bergdahl's Fellow Soldiers Were Psychopaths?


    by Charlie Spiering 5 Jun 2014, 3:40 AM PDT 172 post a comment
    An Obama administration official upset with the direction of the Bergdhal story voiced his concern on Twitter on Wednesday, floating a theory that put Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in a more sympathetic light--and his fellow soldiers as part of the problem.

    The American people, he argued, were too quick to jump to conclusions about Bergdahl after his fellow soldiers spoke out about his disappearance.
    “Here's the thing about Bergdahl and the Jump-to-Conclusions mats: What if his platoon was long on psychopaths and short on leadership?” asked Brandon Friedman, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at Department of Housing and Urban Development, in a series of Twitter posts.
    “What if he grew disillusioned with what he saw, didn't trust his leadership, and walked off?,” he continued. “Legal? No. Worthy of sympathy? Maybe. If that were the case, the soldiers in his platoon would have all the more reason to smear him publicly now.”
    Friedman, a former infantry officer in the Army, has been awarded two Bronze Stars for his service in Afghanistan and Iraq. He is also the author of The War I Always Wanted, a book that details his disillusionment with the U.S. Army and the decision to go to war in Iraq.
    Friedman insisted that his theory was “not out of the realm of possibility” and called for Americans to withhold judgment until they heard both sides of the story.
    “I’m not a fan of such speculation, but this story could not be more unbalanced - with so many premature calls of ‘traitor,’” he concluded.
    Friedman has weighed in on the Bergdahl case in several other posts, in which he scorns critics.
    “One reason why the Bergdahl thing is so overheated: Many Americans--including military 'supporters'--have a cartoonish view of the military,” he said on Wednesday. “Actual military people, specifically those who served with--and criticized--Bergdahl, are satisfied he was returned safely.”
    “[T]he loudest, most venomous commentary on the topic comes from the least informed,” he concluded.
    **UPDATE**




    Charlie SpieringVerified account ‏@charliespiering

    Looks like Brandon Friedman -@BFriedmanDC - is trying to hide his association with the Obama administration... pic.twitter.com/pmQMQRgE4m








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    Obama admin official scrubs Twitter bio after suggesting Bergdahl’s platoon was full of ‘psychopaths’ ==> http://twitchy.com/2014/06/05/obama-...f-psychopaths/

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    TALIBAN: WE'RE INSPIRED TO KIDNAP MORE!



    Behind the Scenes of Bowe Bergdahl's Release
    Asked whether the Taliban would be inspired by the exchange to kidnap others, a commander laughed. “Definitely."
    TIME


    Behind the Scenes of Bowe Bergdahl’s Release

    Aryn Baker @arynebaker

    10:13 AM ET


    U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl (R) talks to a Taliban militant as he waits in a pick-up truck before his release at the Afghan border, in this still image from video released June 4, 2014. Al-Emara/Reuters Asked whether the Taliban would be inspired by the exchange to kidnap others, a commander laughed. “Definitely."

    Several Videos at the Page Link:

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    Susan Rice Is Under Fire Again

    This Is Why the Taliban Are Saying Bergdahl Was Treated Well


    In the days and hours leading up to the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl last week, his Taliban captors in Pakistan prepared for a big sendoff. Those selected to physically hand Bergdahl over to U.S. officials at a pre-arranged location on the other side of the border in Afghanistan rehearsed the messages they wanted to convey to the American people. A videographer was assigned to cover the event, for propaganda purposes. And those closest to Bergdahl commissioned a local tailor to make him a set of the local tunic and trousers in white, which, given as a gift, denotes a gesture of respect.
    “You know we are also human beings and have hearts in our bodies,” a senior Taliban commander affiliated with the Haqqani network, which was holding Bergdahl captive, tells TIME. “We are fighting a war against each other, in which [the Americans] kill us and we kill them. But we did whatever we could to make [Bergdahl] happy.”
    The commander, who has been known to TIME for several years and has consistently supplied reliable information about Bergdahl’s captivity, is not authorized by his superiors to speak to the media, so he has asked not to be identified by name. The commander spoke to TIME by telephone from an undisclosed location in Afghanistan.
    Bergdahl, who was the only known remaining U.S. prisoner of war from the long conflict in Afghanistan, had learned basic Pashto during his incarceration, and had made several friends among his Taliban captors, according to the commander. The tunic set, along with the woven scarf that can also be worn as a turban, but is draped across Bergdahl’s shoulders in the Taliban video documenting his release, was a parting gift designed to demonstrate no personal ill will, says the commander: “We wanted him to return home with good memories.”
    Bergdahl’s release, as part of the first prisoner exchange between the United States and the Taliban in 13 years of war, was the culmination of a two-and-a-half-year process marred by Taliban intransigence and Afghan government meddling that eventually saw the near simultaneous transfer of five top-level Taliban officials from detention in Guantanamo bay to a form of house arrest in Qatar. The outcome has sparked fierce criticism from Republicans in Congress.
    So dispirited was Bergdahl with the process, says the commander, that he didn’t even believe his captors when they announced his pending release. Bergdahl had been there once before, in March of 2012, when negotiations were so close that he had already been handed over to senior members of the Taliban council in Afghanistan conducting the talks. When they collapsed, Bergdahl was shuttled back to Haqqani captivity in Pakistan’s ungoverned tribal areas along the border. “That’s why he didn’t trust us this time when he was told about his likely release,” says the commander.
    It is not entirely clear what made the negotiations more successful this time around, other than the sense of urgency triggered by Bergdahl’s apparent declining health and U.S. plans to significantly reduce military troop numbers in Afghanistan over the next couple years. For the Taliban, it doesn’t matter. They see the exchange as an unmitigated victory. “Our talks finally proved successful for the prisoners’ swap,” says the commander. “We returned our valued guest to his people and in return, they freed our five heroes held in Guantanamo Bay since 2002.”
    Another senior Taliban commander who is close to the senior Taliban leadership based in Kandahar, Afghanistan and Quetta, Pakistan, and is close to the negotiations, describes scenes of intense jubilation among the Taliban leadership and their supporters. Candies and sweet pastries are being passed around, he says, speaking to TIME via telephone from the Kandahar area. Those close to the leadership and the detainees are feasting on “whole goats cooked in rice”—a special meal usually reserved for celebrations. “I cannot explain how our people are happy and excited over this unbelievable achievement.” (He too has been known to TIME for several years). “This is a historic moment for us. Today our enemy for the first time officially recognized our status.”
    The news of the detainees’ release, says the commander from Kandahar, spread like a wildfire. “Besides our field commanders and fighters, our leader Mullah Mohammad Omar is so happy and is anxiously waiting to see his heroes,” he says.
    There was some disgruntlement among Taliban ranks over the terms, admits the Kandahar commander. Some members wanted a ransom payment for Bergdahl, in addition to the release of the Guantanamo detainees. But the leadership prevailed. “We told them that these five men are more important than millions of dollars to us,” he says. He was more tolerant of complaints from Taliban foot soldiers that pointed out that for all the celebrations surrounding the officials’ release, there was no reward or recognition for the Taliban fighters who captured Bergdahl in 2009. But that’s not likely to get in the way of future attempts to kidnap American soldiers, across all ranks.
    Asked whether the Taliban would be inspired by the exchange to kidnap others, he laughed. “Definitely,” he says. “It’s better to kidnap one person like Bergdahl than kidnapping hundreds of useless people. It has encouraged our people. Now everybody will work hard to capture such an important bird.”
    -with reporting by Mushtaq Yusufzai / Peshawar

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