i mean i believe colonel amerine's career is over. he recognizes that and willingly sacrificed a brilliant career to get our hostage rescue house in order. the key is to keep him from being punished by the criminal investigation division of the army and congress can do that but he's done so far from what my source tell me he's done a great service to the nation and to the families of those still being held captive and we should salute him. lou: then where the hell is general dempsey and all of the general officers of the united states army to do the right thing and say the hell with this kind of politics within the pentagon itself? is it so important to be able to make that walk to 1600 pennsylvania that they would just simply surrender their honor? >> you have to serve the executive. the executive has a strategy. the strategy that these military men support is one of minimalism. it's one of avoiding loss rather than winning, it's a strategy of hanging on long enough to change administrations. it's clear this is what this is all about

but amerine testified, chaos and in-fighting in the obama administration, including between the pentagon and the fbi, crippled a plan to swap this convicted afghan drug lord for weinstein and six other hostages. >> warren weinstein is dead. i used every resource available, but i failed them. >> reporter: weinstein's family had described to david muir the agony the family went through watching his pleas for help. >> it's just heartbreaking, because he's asking for help, and i can't give him any. >> reporter: after weinstein's death, the family publicly criticized the u.s.' efforts to free him, as have the families of other american hostages who also have been killed. >> and brian is with us now. we reported here that the white house is reviewing the administration's hostage policy. and, brian, do we have any idea when we're going to learn their findings? >> well, today, officials at the white house said results are expected soon, likely we're told in a week or two. and they stressed, no effort has been spared or will be spared to try to save any american hostage. >> and we'll stay on the

colonel amerine testified that the prisoner swap made him aware that the u.s. made no sense. >> in early 2013 my office was asked to help to get sergeant bergdahl home. we also realized there were civilian hostages in pakistan so we added them to our mission. on december 1 2014, representative hunter submitted a complaint to the ig alleging an illegal or questionable ransom possibly being paid for sergeant bergdahl. there was a good deal of evidence that it occurred and a lot of questions as to how it occurred. that complaint implicated both the dod organization and the fbi. martha: this man has tried to speak out about what he saw as an injustice in the way this whole bowe bergdahl situation was handled, and you see what happened to him for it. retired lieutenant colonel tony schafer joins me now. good morning good to see you here. very stunning testimony -- >> and all true. martha: -- yesterday. what can you add to it, and how difficult has it been for him to come forward and to press his story here? >> well, as we've talked about on this network and others,

lieutenant colonel jason amerine claims that american hostages who have been killed and those still being been safely rescued, but he says government infighting is what prevented that from happening. now amerine says the army is trying to court-martial him for revealing that information. >>> as we reported here yesterday, the centers for disease control has issued a health warning about the deadly virus known as middle east respiratory syndrome or mers. it is already blamed for at least 11 deaths in south korea, and now some towns there are under total quarantine. fears that mers could spread to the u.s. the cdc is urging all medical personnel to be extra vigilant. >> mers can look like a number of respiratory infections -- fever, cough, shortness of breath. they want to make sure that hospitals and clinics are on alert. >> the cdc believes most of the south korean cases likely stem from one patient who is a super spreader. that patient traveled to several mers-infected countries in the mideast and took nine days after he returned to south korea to be diagnosed. >>> many of you new moms c

our first witness is lieutenant colonel jason amerine.e serves in the united states army and led a special forces team in afghanistan in 2001 for which he received a purple heart and bronze star with v device which devoted heroism involving an armed enemy. he has raised concerned about hostage recovery effort to hostage. lieutenant colonel amerine. >> thank you, sir. warren weinstein is dead. colin rutherford josh boyle caitlyn coleman, and others in captivity remain hostages in pakistan. i used every resource available but i failed them. one of the resources was my constitutional right to speak to members of congress. you passed the milt whistleblowers protection act to ensure suchak ses. but after i made protected disclosures to congress the army suspended my clearance, removed me from my job and sought to court martial me. as a soldier, i support and defend the constitution of the united states and in order to have a government in which the voices of the people are heard. my team had a difficult mission and i used all legal means avail

the stunning allegation today from a come bat-decorated green beret hero lieutenant colonel jason amerine, who ran a secret pentagon hostage rescue unit and today, broke ranks and went pen lick pen lick public before congress. >> i failed them. >> reporter: and the lieutenant colonel also said american hostage warren weinstein, accidentally killed in a u.s. drone strike on a taliban target, also could have been saved. but he testified, chaos and infighting in the obama administration, including between the pentagon and the fbi, crippled a plan to swap this convicted afghan drug lord for weinstein and six other hostages. >> warren weinstein is dead. i used every resource available but i failed them. >> reporter: weinstein's family had described to david muir the agony the family went through watching his pleas for help. >> it's just heartbreaking, because he's asking for help and i can't give him any. >> reporter: after weinstein's death, the family publicly criticized the u.s. efforts to free him, as have the families of other american hostages who also have been killed. >> and brian is w

. >> really the point we're talking about here with lieutenant colonel amerine. an absolute no exception right to communicate with congress. what's gone haywire? in particular, the question i asked earlier, i keep asking myself why? coming from the private sector i am always looking for individuals to know what's going on so i can address problems. so, again, we should be pinning medals on these people's chests as opposed to retaliating. tell me about that law but also is there some very common, very universal answer to the question why? >> the lloyd act is a principle but it's tempered because there's no procedure to enforce it and no remedies even if you found a violation somehow. so it's just a symbolic law. it's been waiting a long time to get some teeth in it. as far as the more fundamental question, i've asked myself that for a long time, senator, and i think my own insights are that the federal agencies and some private organizations, too behave this way almost as the institutional equivalent of an animal instinct. an animal's instinct is to destroy anythi

. >> really the point we're talking about here with lieutenant colonel amerine. an absolute no exception right to communicate with congress. what's gone haywire? in particular, the question i asked earlier, i keep asking myself why? coming from the private sector i am always looking for individuals to know what's going on so i can address problems. so, again, we should be pinning medals on these people's chests as opposed to retaliating. tell me about that law but also is there some very common, very universal answer to the question why? >> the lloyd act is a principle but it's tempered because there's no procedure to enforce it and no remedies even if you found a violation somehow. so it's just a symbolic law. it's been waiting a long time to get some teeth in it. as far as the more fundamental question, i've asked myself that for a long time, senator, and i think my own insights are that the federal agencies and some private organizations, too behave this way almost as the institutional equivalent of an animal instinct. an animal's instinct is to destroy anythi