information about so-called spying on americans, he leaked our technology playbook, and that really compromises us. what about what he says which is you can t prove there was any real damage done? look how does he know that is an obvious follow-up? i think both sides have some credibility problems. the administration has been evasive and has lied about its espionage tactics but on the other hand i would have more faith in snowden if he wasn t a guest of vladimir putin. younger people have a more favorable illinompression becau they re less worried about ou their data is used. there s an interesting juxtaposition. they re used to it. on the one hand we re used to the world being that way. the way young folks relate to snowden goes to this idea mill len yells, i ll take it into my own hands, i can do it. there s a part of snowden that represents more of a culture. newt, here is secretary hagel
he should come back. he should serve prison time, and i think that s where it should come out and the lesson to other kids ought to be that watch out here, this is very dangerous. i want to move on and talk a couple minutes about hillary clinton, the issue of benghazi which is going to be a hot political issue here going forward. as her new book hard choices is coming out and an excerpt released to politico on friday. here is a portion, i will not be part of a political slugfest on the backs of dead americans. it s just plain wrong, it s unworthy of our great country. those who insist on politicizing the tragedy will have to do so without me. she wants to take this on. and get it out of the way. clear the deck she said this week. this is what she s up to, and it s a very concerted effort. you have to be looking at it just as a press rollout. you have to be impressed with what they did. we know that benghazi chapter will be all the news and we don t want to be the news the fir
go through, we wouldn t even be talking about this. we owe them everything we can give them. reporter: jerry hall wore the green beret in vietnam. it s very upsetting. it s individuals who are concerned about greed and getting their bonus over the welfare of our veterans, and that is criminal. reporter: jerry has come to the airborne and special operations museum to remember those who fought alongside him. i think our foreign policy right now is weak. it s ambiguous, we re not sure, you know, exactly what we want to do, and our potential adversaries, they see that, and they take advantage of it. we have way too many deployments, and families are literally being torn apart. we don t belong policing everyone anymore. reporter: some question how america can claim to be all-powerful when it leaves those who serve it powerless. as a nation, i think it says
of war. ahead of the 70th anniversary of d-day our tom brokaw is with us and he will have a fascinating report on how the battlefield experience shaped the vision of one of hollywood s most iconic directors. from nbc news in washington meet the press with david gregory. good morning. on a particularly busy sunday morning, bowe bergdahl was transferred immediatelyhgk afghanistan to a u.s. medical center in germany. earlier i was joined exclusively from afghanistan by defense secretary chuck hagel, but first our chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski has the remarkable story of sergeant bergdahl s capture, detention, and release. reporter: in the white house rose garden with president obama late saturday, bowe bergdahl s parents sounded totally overwhelmed by the news. we will continue to stay strong for bowe while he recovers. thank you.
respond to what snowden himself said which s hey, the government can t prove their claim that my disclosures actually harmed anybody. this is what secretary hagel said. david, his disclosures have damaged the security of this country, and i m not going to get into a point-by-point inventory of the specifics of how he s done that. i think it s been very clear, every responsible position in our government who has had any responsibility for security or intelligence from nsa, from cyber command, the defense department, from the state department have said the same thing. let me assure you, there is plenty of evidence. he did damage to the security of this country. the first time there s a major attack on the united states, all the millennials are going to decide do they really want the government to protect them? the core idea here that one person has the right to judge very complex issues more than the commander in chief, more