what will come out is whether or not he should be granted pow status. this will be a new type of case that has not been looked at before. he was taken prisoner, but wasn t taken prisoner because of his own actions. it is determined he was a pow, he can get $2500 per month for the rest of his life the government, special medical privileges other veterans don t get, educational benefits other veterans don t get. the end of the day, the issue will be was this guy a pow or not. most veterans like me will say absolutely not. bill: he hasn t been it. about this yet, so we will see if that changes. appreciate it. martha: continuing on what seems to be a very long book tour she is still on. how jon stewart got her to say something pretty revealing.
the bowe bergdahl latest b. he is getting legal help, hiring the teacher of the military justice and law school. how are you, sir, and good morning to you. good morning. bill: what does it mentioned the macsuggest toyou that he has la? he is a guy that has least information. my guess is he would be antigovernment, antiestablishment, antimilitary and do everything he can to make sure his client gets out scot-free, gets back pay, pow status and lives happily ever after be at bill: what we don t know is if sergeant bergdahl came up with this idea or somebody advised him.
three different outcomes. one he is found mentally unstable and then he gets potentially pow status he would get over 300,000 back pay all of the rank promotions and get disability. just quickly the other two? the other two is he goes through long drawn out court battle and the third is he falls out of the political ramifications of the decision. thank you soefrp for yo so much for your expertise former navy seal. another fox alert. iraq on the drink of collapse. taking aim at baghdad and americans are being told to get out. marianne rafferty has the latest. violence once again descending on to iraq. those sounds are getting
there are still questions to be asked. we will get more and there is declass well, congress is asking to declassify some documents about this entire transaction. and so, there are going to be congressional oversight hearings, after the fact, albeit, but i think we will unspool this a little more as time goes on. fair enough. michael, susan rice said on sunday on talk shows, that bowe bergdahl served with honor and distinction. in your view, did he do that? i just want to follow up on the point of him being afforded pow status. i think to, you know, probably the average viewer, that sounds, you know, fairly normal. that s a distinctive status that is bestowed upon someone. that afords you the promotions, affords you back pay, essentially affords you a lifetime of benefits. and to put this gentleman in the same vein as our pows from the
and there is declass well, congress is asking to declassify some documents about this entire transaction. and so, there are going to be congressional oversight hearings, after the fact, albeit, but i think we will unspool this a little more as time goes on. fair enough. michael, susan rice said on sunday on talk shows, that bowe bergdahl served with honor and distinction. in your view, did he do that? i just want to follow up on the point of him being afforded pow status. i think to, you know, probably the average viewer, that sounds, you know, fairly normal. that s a distinctive status that is bestowed upon someone. that affords you the promotions, affords you back pay, essentially affords you a lifetime of benefits. and to put this gentleman in the same vein as our pows from the death march, heroic pilots shot