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But not to a Congressional level as law dictates.And if the Army feels the need to ask the president first, they'll do just that. What's more, in the beginning, the search for Bergdahl was directed by the Army - no outside 'permission' needed. But when it became a matter of our intelligence services having to be the ones to find Bergdahl, they can't just go tell the Army, "There he is, go get him." It becomes a much bigger thing, a matter to be taken up at the cabinet level.
Do we know why Bergdahl did what he did, or what he was subjected to? No. "Innocent till proven guilty". If the Army finds him guilty and sends him off to Leavenworth, that's fine. But we bring our soldiers home.
And this soldier should be brought home last. There are more American's being held which could have taken priority, yet the fact is, Obama decided he needed a political boost with the American people and rolled out the parents in the Rose Garden, totally misread the result and dismissed Bergdahls desertion assuming the soldiers which signed the NDA would keep their mouths shut while Susan Rice went again on the Sunday shows and lied. All of this, for a few political brownie points and to get over the VA scandal hounding the president.
I'm hoping a UCMJ investigation and the reports done by the Army are reviewed when Bergdahl allegedly deserted his post, so a court martial can take place. Whether or not he voluntarily provided the enemy information or gave it up as a result of torture, we'll have to wait and see.