{"id":5751,"date":"2014-06-02T13:05:28","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T13:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/highplainsblogger.wordpress.com\/?p=5751"},"modified":"2014-06-02T13:05:28","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T13:05:28","slug":"questions-arise-about-bergdahls-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=5751","title":{"rendered":"Questions arise about Bergdahl's release"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Questions and concerns have surfaced about the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from his Taliban captors.<\/p>\n

They are legitimate and serious questions.<\/p>\n

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My most pressing concern is this: How is the United States going to ensure that the five high-ranking Taliban officials released from Guantanamo Bay prison do not re-enter the fight against this country?<\/p>\n

We gave up these individuals in exchange for Bergdahl’s release after five years in captivity. He reportedly was in failing health and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said his release was expedited to “save his life.”<\/p>\n

The Taliban terrorists were turned over to Qatar officials and have been placed on a one-year “travel restriction.” How does that work? U.S. officials reportedly worked out a deal to have Qatari officials sit on these guys for a year. After that? Who knows?<\/p>\n

Here is where I hope the CIA and every other U.S. intelligence agency capable of taking part is doing their job. By that I have to hope that we’re keeping eyes on these monsters 24\/7, watching every move they make. Do we need to know the particulars? I have no need to acquire such highly classified information, but I do hope our intelligence professionals are up to the task of keeping these guys in their sights at all times.<\/p>\n

As to the questions about whether the Obama administration broke the law by negotiating with terrorists and doing it in secret, we have to accept that sometimes we have to do unseemly-looking deeds to accomplish a worthy goal. The administration says it did keep congressional sources informed of what was going on.<\/p>\n

As long as we can keep the released Taliban officials on a very short leash and prevent them from turning against our forces, then I’m willing to accept the strategy employed to have one of our own men released from captivity.<\/p>\n

Our spooks, however, had better not mess this up.<\/p>\n\n

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