decided that bowe bergdahl was worth trading these five? and are there other prisoners around the world or in that area that we could have traded for? well, it is more like there are other options, which is equally viable and o probably more likely to have less political consequences that are available to the president. let me be very clear on this. the they are get nothing cooperation by the white house and in december of 2013, i was briefed, and i can t go on with all of the detalils because it was partly classified. but the president chose the return option. i spoke vehemently at the time, it was a mistake. no one seemed to listen. taen was one of those things where the president decided to do something which i think have you alluded to. i think a political decision on trying to clear people out of gitmo rather than try doing what was best for the nation. bowe bergdahl was not worth the trade of five five-star generals
worth trading these five? and are there other prisoners around the world or in that area that we could have traded for? well, it is more like there are other options, which is equally viable and o probably more likely to have less political consequences that are available to the president. let me be very clear on this. the they are get nothing cooperation by the white house and in december of 2013, i was briefed, and i can t go on with all of the detalils because it was partly classified. but the president chose the return option. i spoke vehemently at the time, it was a mistake. no one seemed to listen. taen was one of those things where the president decided to do something which i think have you alluded to. i think a political decision on trying to clear people out of gitmo rather than try doing what was best for the nation. bowe bergdahl was not worth the trade of five five-star generals of the adversary, period.
realize that bullets hit the white house. and then in april of 2012 investigators caught a agents soliciting prostitutes in colombia. some agents resigned. president obama later said, what were they thinking? i don t know. that s why they re not there anymore. then remember this guy? i mean who can forget sign language december of 2013 during nelson mandela s funeral. he faked his credentials and was just over there making a bunch%9 of motions. he later said he was undertreatment for schizophrenia. standing there next to the president. three feet away. u.s. officials said south african security guards were responsible for that mishap in september last year a man with a knife climbed over the white house fans, ran through the front door and made tote the east rooms before agented
somers was 33 years old. born in briton but apparently had american in wisconsin. it certainly is a tragedy. apparently abducted in december of 2013. are you aware of any other efforts to try to save him previously? yeah. certainly there was one other attempt and was confirmed to me two days ago that this earlier special force raid in which some hostages were rescued from al qaeda was the main target of that was somers as well. that happened last week. but i am told that the al qaeda militants got somers out of there and a few other hostages out of that location before the special forces reached there. so for the u.s. tried to save him twice. unfortunately, a tragic end today, guys. greg, just to be clear, no u.s. special forces were injured or killed during this. no injuries. no casualties. it is confirmed to me, too,
it s sort of like expect the worst and hope for the best. i was just going to ask you, do you have any regrets? oh, no. absolutely not. i mean, this has been an incredible whirlwind for me. when i lost my credentials back in december of 2013, i thought everything was going to be over, but, you know, there were opportunities that opened up for me that were just incredible. i mean, i went on a speaking tour to more than 50 events. i was still ministering in a sense to the reconciling part of the united methodist church, to those who espouse gays and le lesbians their rights, i was actually able to write a book, there s a documentary in the works and a theater play. i got awards. i never would have thought this would have happened. i also understand you are