right to make this flop under the second article of the constitution, and under his war powers and that s it? instead of doing that, he has said, i have exercised a power i gave myself in a signing statement and, most disturbing of all, you really can t trust congress. if, whenever there s a reporting requirement from the executive branch to the legislative branch regarding sensitive national security, the executive branch can waive that requirement by saying there might be a leak somehow somewhere. then the legislative branch is entirely cut out of national security decision making and policy making and that s unacceptable. and we should just quickly point out the top members of the intel were told about bin laden raid months before it happened. guess what, no leaks. according to intel reports,
unlike the irs and benghazi stories, we ve had v.a. and bergdahl where there s been a lot of democratic outrage. ed henry live from paris, thanks for that. the obama administration continues to offer new reasons for the prisoner swap and for why it did not notify congress before the exchange. chief intelligence correspondent katherine harrage has the latest rfrnlts the administration is offering a more nuanced explanation of the bergdahl transfer and where they insist there was more urgency, citing health and threats to his security. we were concern birthday it and the possibility that harm could come to him particularly if once we concluded the agreement it was made public. reporter: democratic senator dick durbin who attended a briefing wednesday night said a december proof of life video was strong evidence that the administration needed to act quickly. others were not convinced. was he in dire straits?
democratic operative have dismissed the swift boat charge. that s when you make up stories and misconstrue the evidence. where s the dis honesty of the bergdahl portrayal? there are too many questions to court-martial bergdahl. but as in the v.a. scandal, it goes beyond the left/right divide. chris? howie, thank you. today is the tenth anniversary of the death of former president ronald reagan. former first lady nancy reagan brought flowers to his graveside at the presidential library in california. mr. reagan died june 5, 2004, at the age of 93. the president says no apologies for the bergdahl prisoner swap while many in congress remain unconvinced. we ll get reaction from the panel when we come right back.
were prepare bid a shadowy firm run by dwayne dewey clairnlg a longtime cia officer best known for lying to congress and who was pardoned during it his trial by the first president bush. eclipse was detained byk:x a subtracter to provide granular intelligence on a broad range of to icks and challenging requirements. in august 2012 eclipse s agents produced situation report number 3023 which cited, quote, conditions forberging dahl have greatly relaxed since the time of the escape, which referred to an attempted escape in 20 between. bergdahl has converted to islam and now describes himself as a mujahid. bergdahl enjoys a modicum of