swirling about the circumstances of his release. here s what she told me. we ve been aware at the newspaper for a long, long time that there was a subterranean drumbeat about the manner in which he was captured and the manner in which he left his base. we have no evidence. we are reporters. we are reporters like every other good journalist in this country and we wait until the facts are in. we do not believe that people should be tried by sound bite nor in the social media in which there is no accountability. this is a military matter. this is a matter for serious consideration and we believe all the facts should be gathered before we indulge in character assassination, very frankly. brad chase, you care to respond to that? and what do you propose as an alternative? the soldiers remain silent? you d have to ask her that question.
we took this on pro bono, offering our services for free as they deal with the thousands of e-mails and hundreds of calls they re getting from all across the world. they have very simple, very important story to tell. you have factions on both sides, both the left and the right. even though rick may be a republican equally, you people choosing to fill their own agenda by trying to shape the narrative. i m going to have to wrap this up. i m very sorry, brad chase, maria cardona. the president is about to speak in brussels. i ll take a break and come back with much more in the newsroom including the president. you earn unlimited 1.5% cash back on everything you purchase. not just everything at the hardware store. not everything, until you hit your cash back limit. quicksilver can earn you unlimited 1.5% cash back on everything you could possibly imagine. say it with me everything. one more time, everything!
administration officials cautions it s way too early to draw any conclusions about why bowe bergdahl was taken into custody by the taliban, how he fell into the taliban hands. they say it s way too early in the process to know anything for certain as to how bowe bergdahl became a captive in the first place. jim acosta reporting live from brussels this morning. politicizing bergdahl, it seems like we can t help it. there are serious questions surrounding the swap of the taliban prisoners. wouldn t it be great if we just waited for the facts to come out? there are now allegations republican political strategists are arranging interviews with bergdahl s platoon members who describe bergdahl as a traitor and deserter. one tweeted, quote, i want to thank richard grun nell for helping to get our story out. he s a former bush administration aid who worked for mitt romney. we ll talk to his partner, brad chase, a little later in the show. grun nell defended his work
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immediately say, that reporter has it right. we all have to wait for the facts to come in. my suggestion to the president is you could have done a better job of saying, these issues must be addressed by our military. this was not an easy decision because there are questions that need to be answered and then let the facts come home and speak for themselves. not only about the circumstances of his departure but the conditions about the people going to qatar. nothing has been told to me by the president that i support that i should be safe knowing that they qataris will keep these people away from american soldiers. these are terrorists, are murderers, our thugs, yet the president hasn t reassured me that the conditions in qatar are going to be to keep them constrained, if not away from the battlefield. so i think she s got it right. we can t rush to judgment. i ve got to go. thank you, lanny davis, thank you brad chase.