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Bergdahl’s Life Was in Immediate Danger, Officials Say
New York Times ^ | 06/05/2014 | Peter Baker

Posted on 06/05/2014 2:05:32 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd

BRUSSELS — Defense and intelligence officials told senators at a classified briefing on Wednesday that they kept secret from Congress the pending swap of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five Taliban prisoners because they feared for his life if the deal became public, a senior administration official said Thursday.

“The Senators were told, separate and apart from Sgt. Bergdahl’s apparent deterioration in health, that we had both specific and general indications that Sgt. Bergdahl’s recovery — and potentially his life — could be jeopardized if the detainee exchange proceedings were disclosed or derailed,” the official said in a statement.

Several senators said Thursday that officials in the classified briefing justified the president’s decision to swap Sergeant Bergdahl for the Taliban prisoners by suggesting that quick action was needed to save his life.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bergdahl; bergdahldeal; bs; obamalies; taliban5
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To: Responsibility2nd

So what.


21 posted on 06/05/2014 2:17:47 PM PDT by mulligan (I)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Yeah, and that guy that bombed the Pan Am flight was dying of cancer “any day now.” If I recall he’s still alive living the high life after they released him?


22 posted on 06/05/2014 2:18:55 PM PDT by Klaatu Barada Nikto (Liberty is not a Loophole)
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To: Bryanw92

I’d hate to be a soldier in Afghanistan right now if I were black. Those would be the prisoners the president would prefer to exchange because any inquiry on the matter would be “Racist”.


23 posted on 06/05/2014 2:22:37 PM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

So how many lives are not at stack by releasing these terrorists? How many soldiers did we loose that tried to find him?


24 posted on 06/05/2014 2:23:38 PM PDT by Vinylly (?%)
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To: Responsibility2nd

White House releases an absurd talking point, the Mainstream Ministry of Misinformation dutifully aggregates.


25 posted on 06/05/2014 2:25:00 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Does anybody remember the old SNL skit about a bumbling Ronald Reagan holding various photo-ops in the Oval Office, and when the people leave he becomes super-war-planning president until another photo-op, when he goes back to being the bumbling president?

Is that what we're supposed to think that Obama was doing, being the super negotiator and protector of troops by day, party-going president at night?

-PJ

26 posted on 06/05/2014 2:25:51 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Bergdahl was just the vehicle used to accomplish the re-equipping of the Taliban with the leadership needed to take over Afghanistan once US combat forces leave that country.

Consultation with the US Senate was bypassed because then this deal would have been shot down and there may not have been enough time left to empty Gitmo.

That was the goal of this prisoner swap. I am guessing that if Bergdahl had not agreed to come home, yes, then his life was in danger.

The rate of detainees leaving Gitmo will only increase until there are none left there.

We have met the enemy. He is us...


27 posted on 06/05/2014 2:27:32 PM PDT by Delta Dawn (Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

The New York Times plays the fool for dems... once again... maybe they’ll win another ‘prize’. Guess the Times needs something to make up for throwing away the respect and trust of their readers.

Enjoy the 30 pieces of silver Walter Duranty...


28 posted on 06/05/2014 2:29:13 PM PDT by GOPJ (https://www.projectveritas.com/home/)
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To: Responsibility2nd

0 never once thought about the blood spilled he never does!
This was a narcissist move thinking the Nation would praise him!
He is not a leader of Men but a squander-er, that has no ties to the sacrifice made by those that honored their service to this Country, but willing to bargain for an insignificant rat that sold his soul and country to a league of killers!


29 posted on 06/05/2014 2:29:38 PM PDT by DocJhn
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To: Responsibility2nd

“because they feared for his life if the deal became public, a senior administration official said Thursday.”

SQUIRREL!


30 posted on 06/05/2014 2:30:22 PM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (I am an American - Not a Republican or a Democrat.)
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To: Vinylly

300,000 and six.

I read these terrorists sent 300,000 of their own people fleeing to refugee camps before we captured them. And six solders died trying to rescue Bergdahl.


31 posted on 06/05/2014 2:30:55 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: LucyT

The latest “spin”.

They’re trying to go for some damage control now. I heard on the news that he’s in Germany and only talking to military personnel. Hasn’t even talked to his parents yet. Probably won’t let him talk to anyone until he can lie convincingly.


32 posted on 06/05/2014 2:34:16 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Responsibility2nd

“because they feared for his life if the deal became public, a senior administration official said Thursday.”

SQUIRREL!


33 posted on 06/05/2014 2:36:32 PM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (I am an American - Not a Republican or a Democrat.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Question from press, "what type of danger was he in?"

Answer from administration, "immediate"

Press, "thank you"

34 posted on 06/05/2014 2:39:00 PM PDT by Lockbox
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To: Responsibility2nd

Yah, in danger like...yah, we’ll kill the deserter unless you free at least 5 of our taliban terrorist buddies.


35 posted on 06/05/2014 2:41:17 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: Gene Eric
hey, you know that I know that....lets keep this between you and me okay:?

SIncerely

Barack Obama!


36 posted on 06/05/2014 2:41:50 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: Responsibility2nd

The juxtaposition between the NYT and Fox stories is amazing.


37 posted on 06/05/2014 2:45:36 PM PDT by wac3rd (Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers....)
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To: Responsibility2nd

He’s the one that decided to walk away from camp and the protection of the US military that he despised so much. So we had to put more lives on the line to rescue his sorry a$$.


38 posted on 06/05/2014 2:45:55 PM PDT by Toespi
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To: Responsibility2nd

It should have been in immediate danger - from drones or US troops.


39 posted on 06/05/2014 2:47:53 PM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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So this is what, the third “official,” “REAL” story of the government?

Anybody else notice that this has taken the VA off the front burner? Anyone else think this may have been the reason for this “bungled” operation? That and since the worst of the Club Gitmo detainees are gone, why not get rid of the rest?

Mark


40 posted on 06/05/2014 2:47:55 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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