This is WaPo.
WaPo is in deep with Obama.
So why is WaPo providing this article?
Answer: to help Obama.
How?
My guess:
to “humanize” the parents. Get America to know how the Bergdahls; where they go to church, where they walk. But mostly to show America how the parents have suffered, the counselling they’ve had. I expect there to be a series of “comfy” interviews with the Bergdahls in the next few days. Oprah on the couch - complete with crying.
Then there will be the reunion. And scenes of joy. Because WaPo has laid the ground work for this reunion, America will have empathy for the parents, and see their son through the eyes of the parents. And America will then wonder - why should we prosecute this man? How can we make those lovely parents suffer any more?
Or do I exagerate?
You may not exaggerate at all. This could be the case.