The headlines make it clear that the White House is searching for a positive spin on this terrible decision. There is no attempt to tell the truth; opposite statements are released almost simultaneously to see which ones are more popular:
Bergdahl Never Listed By Pentagon As Prisoner Of War
President Barack Obama on Tuesday defended his decision to release five Afghan detainees from Guantanamo Bay in exchange for an American soldier's freedom, saying his administration had consulted with Congress
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein said Tuesday that the White House told her that it was on “oversight” that Congress didn’t receive the required notification about the prisoner exchange deal that secured the release of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Mrs. Feinstein, California Democrat, said the excuse came from Tony Blinken, President Obama’s deputy national security adviser. “Tony Blinken called last night and said that it was an oversight or something to that effect. So I accept that,” she told reporters at the Capitol.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid received a heads-up on the deal to transfer Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for the five Taliban officials detained in Guantanamo Bay — but it’s not clear who else did. In a brief interview, Reid said the White House contacted him ahead of the swap — but not by much. “It must have been either the day before or the day of. I don’t remember for sure,” Reid said.
Congress kept in dark on Bergdahl swap since 2012
Bowe Bergdahl Too Fragile for Desertion Questions, Official Says
Former Army Sgt. Evan Buetow was the team leader with Bowe Bergdahl the night Bergdahl disappeared. "Bergdahl is a deserter, and he's not a hero," says Buetow. "He needs to answer for what he did." Within days of his disappearance, says Buetow, teams monitoring radio chatter and cell phone communications intercepted an alarming message: The American is in Yahya Khel (a village two miles away). He's looking for someone who speaks English so he can talk to the Taliban.
A Pentagon investigation in 2010 concluded that Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl walked away from his unit prior to his capture by the Taliban the year before, a finding that led the military to curb any high-risk rescue plans, the Associated Press reported
NYT: Bergdahl left a note saying that he was deserting
Special forces found Bergdahl and captors but wouldn’t risk rescue for ‘deserter’
WH Official on Bergdahl’s Possible Desertion: “Frankly, we don’t give a $#*+ why he left”
Freed US soldier Bowe Bergdahl developed a love for Afghan green tea, taught his captors badminton
Traitor “Abdullah” Bowe Bergdahl wrote he was “ashamed to be American” before he went AWOL
Hagel: U.S. didn’t negotiate with terrorists in securing Bergdahl’s release
