investigation. it s the only way, the only fairway to give sergeant bergdahl just miss. exonerate him or condemn him. do it under oath and article 32 which is the military equivalent of a grand jury and it s the fairest system of justice around. that s why i asked for a court martial when i was going through my ordeal back in the 80s and of course why the special prosecutor wasn t about to give me one. wasn t the ransom the five taliban guys they wanted? that s ransom. no. you think they wanted money too. look it. that s all they wanted. i know a lot about hostage negotiation. we don t need to get into all of that tonight. it s not right to say we never negotiated with the enemy. george washington did so. in the aftermath of the barbary wars, thomas jefferson beating the pirates in 1805, paid
states in his chain needs to stand up on his hind feet and convene an article 22 investigation. it s the only way to get sergeant bergdahl justice. either exonerate him or condemn him. everybody needs to be saying things under oath. that s why i asked for a court martial when i was going through my ordeal back in the 80s and it s why the special prosecutor wasn t about to give me one. you think they wanted money too? that s all they wanted. i know a lot about hostage negotiations. it s not right to say we have never negotiated with the enemy.
that he took ballet. how long did he do that? he started taking ballet when he was about 17 and continued taking until he was about 22, 23. did he ever express any opinions about america that you found troubling? not the entire time we were room mates. i didn t have any of these conversations with him at all. what about the decision when he decided to sign up and serve in the military. what was his reason? you know what? we went to lunch one day and told me he sign up and leaving within 24 to 48 hours to go to basic training and i wasn t surprised by his decision to do this. it was something that i think he felt he wanted to do and should do. so it wasn t a surprise decision when he told me about it. how well did you know his family, his father? i met them and became closer to them after he was captured. before that i knew we knew
were directly related to the searches. moving up the chain of command special force over the course of the next year and a half figured out roughly where he was and began drawing up mission plans to do a clandestine commando raid to take him. even coming down to figuring out to the number of soldiers, haqqani network, militants who were guarding him. those mission plans were ultimately shelved because there was a sense that the price of u.s. blood, the combat that would likely result was too high forgoing after someone who is deemed by the pentagon to have walked away from his post. you have to ask yourself if an american backpacker who wasn t involved in the u.s. military had gone missing in afghanistan around the same time and then been found to be held by the taliban or the haqqani network would the most elite special forces soldiers launch a commando raid and try to rescue
ballet instructor. thank you for being here. thank you very much. i didn t know he took ballet. how long did he do that? he started when he was about 17 until he was about 22, 23. did he ever express any opinions about america that you found troubling? not the entire time we were roommates. what about the decision when he decided to sign up and serve the military? what was his reason? we went to lunch one day and he told me he had signed up and he was leaving within 24, 48 hours to go to basic training. i wasn t surprised by his decision to do this. it wasomething i think he felt he wanted to do and should do. how well did you know his family, his father? i met them and became closer