that he is bringing veteran s issues to the fore. that s not really the case though. i mean if chris christiety jeb bush lindsey graham, they are all talked about veteran s issues on the campaign trail. that s right. and rick perry, one of two vets who is running along with lindsey graham you saw him surrounded by veterans during his announcement. he made it a big issue. lindsey graham recently retired from the jag corps. i think a lot of people who look at that and say that is just a deflection that we would like to talk about veteran s issues because it s something they would use to criticize the obama administration and the v.a. scandal that happened under that administration. and they would find ways to criticize how the president has dealt with it. at this point, i think they say when you see what donald trump is talking about, he is not really talking about veteran s issues so much as really keen of defendsing his character. and he would make the case that he should apologize
motivations were, i think many of those people may find themselves regretting some of the things they say. i appreciate your time. thank you. thank you, anderson. cnn global affairs analyst david rhode has a unique perspective. he was held for seven months after being kidnapped by the taliban. he talked about how to bring bo bergdahl home after his captivity. he joins me with a major in the new york army national guard jag corps. major, let me start with you. just in terms of what happens next legally this doesn t even have to necessarily get to a court martial. no. what s happened to this point is the commanding general who sits as what we call military convening authority has
it is an important part of training, i went through it myself. we are at risk of being captured, kid animal and being tortured. so the training is to teach us what it is like in a controlled environment. how bad it can be. to learn ways you can maintain some shred of human annal. it went from what was torture resistance training was turned into an interrogation to obtain intelligence which is not what it does at all. it breaks people. i doesn t obtain intelligence. that s clearly known by the military, the intelligence community and our jag corps. up until after 9/11 with this strange twist. you re the expert on this. you have the responsibility for so many of this.
s.e.a.l. training the director referred to. it is an important part of training, i went through it myself. we are at risk of being captured, kid animal and being tortured. so the training is to teach us what it is like in a controlled environment. how bad it can be. to learn ways you can maintain some shred of human annal. it went from what was torture resistance training was turned into an interrogation to obtain intelligence which is not what it does at all. it breaks people. i doesn t obtain intelligence. that s clearly known by the military, the intelligence community and our jag corps. up until after 9/11 with this strange twist. you re the expert on this.
j.a.g. corps, by military investigators. all of us who have spent some time in the public eye, we know that people go on the internet and say all sorts of things. some of them are smart. some of them are dumb. that s not evidence. what s evidence is how the military studies this situation and figures out what happened. and, you know, if i can just add to what the colonel said, not only is it difficult to get witnesses, this is all five years ago. so it s difficult enough to get witnesses today about an event that happened yesterday. to try to determine what happened five years ago is immeasurably more difficult. colonel, i just want to ask you, and this is more political than it is procedural. but i know you understand both intimately given your background. and that is this, there were