terrorist activities in afghanistan. so at the beginning of the investigation we just started talking to everybody we could talk to to gather intel on haji bagcho. dea s bread and butter is human intelligence. that s how we do narcotics cases domestically and how we do them overseas. that is what dea brings to the war on terror. but the taliban was regaining a foothold in the more rural communities that made it more difficult for us to move around and operate. we had to be much more careful. we had to conceal our identities. so every day my partner and myself would put on afghan clothing. we d cover up our weapons. i wore a fake beard. a big bushy blackbeard a. we rented a local car and we d drive out of the base into the countryside and we would meet with informants to develop information. it s extremely dangerous. it s the wild west. also, it s very dangerous to be a source. they were putting their life on
and saying you will not make it out alive. members of his describe the time after he lost the base in 2009. we heard there was an american looking for someone who spoke english so they could speak to the taliban. i heard that over the radio and from the lips of the radio man. that alarmed everybody. he was attempting to contact the taliban on his own accord. i do not know of specific circumstances or details of u.s. soldiers dying as a result of efforts to find and rescue sergeant bergdahl. reporter: he looked healthy and was clean shaven and wearing traditional afghan clothing. there is a big question now about whether or not the