it s very puzzling as to why they didn t notify anybody in congress as to what was going on. senator, was the proof of life video shown inside the classified briefing? it was. and i hope they release that because it s not a very long video and, frankly, it s not an indication, greta, of what i expected to see because what we were told is the administration made a determination that the health of sergeant bergdahl had deteriorated so such a point to where his life was in danger and there is no way to determine that from looking at that very brief video.
so wasn t unknown to congress. the department of defense consulted with the department of justice. so does this mean the attorney general okayed bypassing congress, thereby violating the law and the white house s excuse for violating the law? and given the acute urgency of the health condition of sergeant bergdahl. and rice said there was an acute urgency of his health condition but then in an interview with george stephanopoulos rice said this about sergeant bergdahl s health. and, he is said to be walking, and in good physical condition. good physical condition. well now she has me really confused. it want with a be acute and good. so is the question for the white house tonight whose on first? that s my off-the-record comment tonight. thanks for being with us. right now to to gretawire.com and answer our question what best describes sergeant bergdahl. vote in our gretawire poll. don t forget to sign up on
i just think that goes against all of our basic, our, we were built on the constitution. we were a nation of laws. and what makes us different from other countries is the fact that we follow the constitution and we follow the law. whether we like it or not, once it is passed by the congress and signed by the president into law, that is to be followed. there is a way to test those laws if people don t believe they re constitutional and that then would go through the court system and up to the supreme court. but until the supreme court reverses any law, it is the law of the land, even for the president. bill: the point you re making, mike rogers was in the loop on capture of ubl months in advance. you mentioned susan rice. she was talking on sunday. here is how she characterized this. this opportunity was briefed to congress when we had past potential to have this kind of
talk on sunday and this morning. what are your main questions on this. it certainly has backfired initially. if you look at kind of responses getting from people who served alongside bowe bergdahl and questions they re raising about the circumstances that led to the departure, his departure from his unit. there are questions about qatar as a recipient country for these five taliban, high-ranking taliban commanders. you had a case where senior senate democrats had opposed the transfer of these five specifically, precisely because they were so dangerous. and now the administration has gone ahead without consulting congress, without giving them 30-day notification that was required by the ndaa. there are lots of questions. i suspect we ll learn many more questions coming days. bill: what about the homecoming of the five detainees in qatar? how do you keep them from joining the battle yet again? well you don t. the first thing to be said, they
american soil or elsewhere? with this latest law, congress passed and the president signed it into law, it loosened the rules and said the president only had to notify congress before doing a deal like this. and congressman mckeon said they were not getting what was required. was this the right way to close it done? send top five officials to cutter on another program it was said that on obama administration officials believe they will be on the field in five years. how do they square that? i think that is true. if you look at the area they are