Bergdahl tortured information was released by U.S. officials. According to the reports from U.S. officials, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl tortured happened as he was kept in a cage. The soldier's account of his situation in captivity was first reported on Saturday by the New York Times.
Bergdahl tortured information was released by U.S. officials who are knowledgeable on initial reports of Bergdahl's situation. Officials said that Bergdahl tortured information was detailed by Bergdahl himself. Bergdahl reportedly told his doctors and debriefers that he was repeatedly tortured by the Taliban captors. He added that he was also kept in a cage during extended periods as he tried to escape his prison twice.
Meanwhile, the officials have warned the public that while Bergdahl tortured information has been reported recently, there were still no conclusions finalized as to how the 28-year-old sergeant was kept and treated while held captive for nearly five years. The officials also said that as Bergdahl's psychological condition is fragile, a definitive assessment of his capture's accounts may never be likely. However, according to officials and based on intelligence reports over the years, the thing that is clear apart from Bergdahl tortured is that he was regularly moved while in captivity. He was also reportedly traded in between militants groups.
Pentagon's Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said in a statement, the Defense Department would "not comment on discussions that Sgt. Bergdahl is having with the professionals who are providing him medial and reintegration care". He added that they would "conduct a comprehensive review to learn the circumstances of Sgt. Bergdahl's disappearance and captivity.. . . Our focus remains on providing him with the care he needs."
After Bergdahl tortured in captivity, on May 31, he was eventually released in exchange for five Taliban detainees who were being held by the U.S. military at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. To this day, Bergdahl reportedly remains at a U.S. military medical center in Germany. Eventually, he will be reloacated to a San Antonio medical center where he will be reunited with his family.
Officials believe that Bergdahl's stay in the hands of the Taliban captors were mostly with members of the Haqqani network, a Taliban-allied group of Afghans based in Pakistan's western tribal region.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) addressed Bergdahl tortured news on Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation," "I think there are going to be a lot of things that Bergdahl tells the Army and the medical folks that he's talking to now that is going to be very difficult to validate. That's not to say they're not absolutely true, but we weren't there." The senior Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee also said, "We have nobody who was on the inside. So we don't know exactly what happened in his life over the last several years, except we do know he was captured and he's been in the Taliban's hands."
According to the Telegraph, Chambliss has also addressed the Obama administration's unsure decision and statements regarding the Bergdahl exchange. At first, the administration reportedly said that the exchange was urgent as Bergdahl's health had deteriorated so much that his death may have occurred soon.
Chambliss said, "When Bergdahl was let go, what we were told was . . . he was in poor health, and they were concerned that if they did not make this exchange that his life would be in danger as a result of bad health. Well, no intelligence supported that. And now they come back, and because he is in decent health, considering where he's been, they've changed their story."
Both Chambliss and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), chairman of the Intelligence Committee has questioned the administration's choice of not informing the Congress before the exchange. Meanwhile, U.S. officials said that if the information had gone public, Bergdahl would have been killed, hence release of the information was too risky.
Bergdahl tortured and caged accounts have been supported by Secretary of State John F. Kerry, in his appearance on CNN's "State of the Union." Kerry said, "It would have been offensive and incomprehensible to consciously leave an American behind, no matter what, to leave an American behind in the hands of people who had tortured him."
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