we know this because of e-mails that were revealed at the hearing. remember, their argument going into an election was that obama had killed bin laden, al qaeda was on the run. the economy was reviving. they did not want anything to mess with that line. we now have e-mails that were released that show on the night of the attack, hillary clinton sent an e-mail to her daughter, chelsea, saying i can t talk right now because two of our officers in benghazi have been killed by an al qaeda-like organization. and the next day in a conversation that she had with the egyptian prime minister, she outright told him we know this was not caused by a video. this was a planned attack. it was not the result of a protest. so, dan, is this going to be significant, because what that shows is that politically significant, because what that shows is that the private story that she was telling people is different than the public story that the administration and sectar of state were communicating?
harshly at some times but it s not clear that rose to the level of torture, and that defense official not giving specifics about what that means, more harshly. again, sergeant bergdahl continues to recover. officials saying he is not yet ready to call his parents. this all comes as the debate over the prisoner swap continues to rage on here in washington. lawmakers took to the sunday shows to debate this issue. the republican chairman of the house intelligence committee mike rogers saying he believes at least thirty-two ree of thosd taliban members will return to the afghan war. he s basing that on some of his intellgents. sectar of state john kerry saying it s possible they might return to the afghan war but the united states is prepared to deal with them if that should happen. as for allegations that ultimately releasing those five detainees could put american soldiers at greater risk,
secretary kerry calls that bubonely. sectar of defense chuck hagel, by the way, will be testifying about all of this on capitol hill on wednesday. president obama just back from europe hoping to pivot back to his domestic agenda but craig, this will undoubtedly dominate the discussion. one more point is the fbi is investigating reports of death threats that sargeened bergdahl s family has been getting. they say they re taking those reports very seriously, working with local law enforcement officials to get to the bottom of it. really quickly, we were talking this time last sunday, there was, of course, that rose garden news conference that the president held, flanked by bergdahl s parents. any sense that the administration regrets the way that some of this was rolled out, at least. do they regret at all the optics of some of this? well, if you ask that question, they say no. having said that, craig, they