Posted on 06/04/2014 1:01:17 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Via Breitbart, this makes two separate accusations today — Ed already blogged the other — involving government attempts to suppress the truth about Bergdahl. Bad enough that they’d ask good soldiers to conspire in it, but withholding it from Congress takes this to another level.
Pay attention at around a minute in, when he says he was taken by surprise by yesterday’s NYT story about the note Bergdahl reportedly left before leaving his post five years ago. (A note which may or may not have hinted at renouncing his citizenship.) Chambliss, who holds a plum intelligence post within Congress, read Bergdahl’s classified file. The note wasn’t in it. In fact, it sounds like the note wasn’t even mentioned in it. Why not? Am I missing something here? Kelly seems to take what he says in stride, but I don’t know how else to read this except as Chambliss accusing someone — the Pentagon, the IC, maybe the White House — of covering up evidence that might, if known, have made it harder to gain congressional acquiescence in a prisoner swap. If he’s not saying that, what is he saying? What would be the “innocent” explanation for overlooking a written confession to desertion from the only American POW in Afghanistan, whose release the president has been trying to secure for years?
Oddly enough, according to Chambliss, there were no accusatory statements from Bergdahl’s squad mates in the file either. Is that because they were pressured to lie to military investigators or because they told the truth and their statements were conveniently left out of the file? And one more question: Did Dianne Feinstein, the chair of the Intel Committee, know about the note Bergdahl left or was the evidence kept from her too? Feinstein’s already irritated at the White House for shutting her out of the Bergdahl negotiation process for the past two years. If they also lied to her about the note, this might become a bipartisan fiasco for O.
They ought to be FIRED for dereliction of duty and incompetence.
He needed his staff to tell him what every soldier in Afghanistan probably knew.
Saxby is another perennial nominee and electee. His constituents kepp voting this nebish in again and again and again.
They are bigger idiots than he is.
Edit to add: Unless whoever is providing the intelligence is HIDING information and evidence from the committee.
But if so, the next question is — Wouldn’t hiding evidence of Bergdahl’s crime amount to aiding and abetting him?
Unless whoever is providing the intelligence is HIDING information and evidence from the intelligence committee.
But if so, the next question is — Wouldn’t hiding evidence of Bergdahl’s crime amount to aiding and abetting him?
So no, Congress is not being given all of the facts and information.
Taxby doesn’t even know what state he represents. Too bad he’ll be replaced by a RINO whatever
The CIA guy who just got outed likely knew the absolute whole story. Now, I suspect he’s a prisoner in his own country and will soon take a walk to Marcy Park.
“Sux-to-be” Chambliss always was, currently is, and will be in the future, a blithering idiot.
He has decided to not run for re-election, and will be replaced in November by either:
Jack Kingston(R) (hopefully), David Perdue(R) (acceptable), or Michelle Nunn(D) (GOD forbid).
I keep getting this nagging feeling this whole issue is another YouTube deflection of something greater.
Saxby (RINO - GA) is far from being the sharpest knife in the drawer. In fact, his main qualification is that he "looks" like a senator.
The media, not being too bright, buys the Administration line about an investigation into Berghadl's disappearance. The Army was required to investigate the matter at the time, which it did (and classified it). The questions now become are the statements and facts we are hearing now part of the investigation. Even if the investigator did not conclude desertion, the statement of personnel on the ground at the time should have been included in the report.
Saxby Chambliss is a clueless RINO moron. We are getting rid of him this year thank the Dear Lord. He has been so bad its hard to believe.
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