They should really help the poor dear in preparations. Knowing in advance that, with news accelerations, a lie will be proven wrong within minutes, for the half-hour parade of news shows, Susan should be prepped with counter-lie for show #2, counter-counter-lie for show #3, and so on. Carney or his equivalent should be prepared for counter-to-the-nth-power-lie to close the day, just to deal with the last show's lie.
Sen. Angus King, an independent from Maine,
is named in the AP story as telling CNN of the threat to kill the hostage.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/officials-threat-bergdahls-life-led-action