Ace:
I never would have predicted this. Not in million, billion years.
So, what Administration officials need you to know is that theTaliban expressed a strange interest in the internal information flow in the American government, and said something like, “Now youse guys, you make sure you break the law in your own political interests, and you make sure you don’t inform Congress, or Serious You Guys, we’ll execute Bergdahl, and see if we don’t!!!111!!eleventy!!!”
The Administration officials do not explain why, exactly, the Taliban are so interested in denying information to Dianne Feinstein.
The Taliban, AP breathlessly reports, said they’d kill Bergdahl if the deal “leaked.”
You know who leaked the details of the deal to the press?
Administration officials. Just six weeks ago. Administration officials leaked the fact that the Taliban were pushing this deal.
Bergdahl’s captors are anxious to release him, according to a defense official and a military officer, who both spoke to The Associated Press only on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case publicly.”Elements in all echelons — from the top of the Taliban down to the folks holding Bergdahl — are reaching out to make a deal,” the defense official said.
You know who else leaked this story previously, which the Administration now claims the Taliban is So Serious You Guys should not be leaked, on pain of Bergdahl’s death?
Why, the Taliban itself leaked it.
Well, they didn’t “leak” it, really. They straight-up made the offer publicly on a phone call with AP.
Those press shy Taliban suggested this prisoner swap on a call with AP last year: http://t.co/Hg8ZTznPRM
— John Sexton (@verumserum) June 5, 2014
I can’t believe I’m saying this but:Â I want to hear the Taliban’s side of the story on this. They’re more credible, candid, and trustworthy.
Liar should be a Cabinet level position in this administration.