[caligatrux]

I think it is more likely that the CIA station chief was adamantly opposed to the swap of terrorists for a deserter, and threatened to expose or scuttle it. The "slip" was simply a way to remove him from the scene of the crime.

That makes the most sense to me, too.

Obama doesn't care about Bergdahl at all. He just wants to be able to say he ended the Afghanistan war and didn't leave any POWs behind.

Getting Bergdahl out was basically a publicity stunt, but the administration didn't bother to figure out that their hero was a traitor.

[justlurking]

Getting Bergdahl out was basically a publicity stunt, but the administration didn't bother to figure out that their hero was a traitor.

I believe they knew, but they thought they could keep a lid on it. I think the White House expected the truth to come out: too many people knew about it. But, they didn't expect the knee-pad media to cover it.

With the knee-pad media's cooperation, they could just dismiss it as "right-wing opposition". It would echo around the blogosphere, but not break out to where the LIV's (low information voters) would be aware of it. Since that is Obama's core support, it wouldn't matter as long as it stayed off the nightly news.

Now, it has blown up in their faces and they are scrambling to do damage control. I don't think they expected the opposition from Democrat legislators, although it has been somewhat muted.