centcom's overseas headquarters are in qatar.rocess of peace talks with the taliban to find a political ending to the afghanistan war, it was qatar that agreed not only to host the talks but to set up embassies and diplomatic facilities for all sides involved. so much controversy. and now we know that on the sidelines of the west point graduation ceremony, yes, the father emir of qatar was there to mark this young man's proud graduation, and what that means for his nation and the ties between our nations. but he had also been there talking to president obama about something very intrepid that was about to happen within the next 48 hours. so that west point graduation ceremony was on wednesday of last week. right? on friday morning, diplomats from the nation of qatar appeared in cuba, basically in the waiting room at the prison at guantanamo. the diplomats from qatar got to guantanamo on friday secretly. there was no announcement anywhere. then saturday they got the signal essentially they were cleared to go ahead, and those qatar

the head of the eclipse network he sent these reports to the chief of intelligence at centcom. imagination that that brigadier general would have just sat on these reports when the world dal case was of such a priority. one senior intelligence officer who reads all these reports confirmed to fox news what i reported was consistent with what he he read. >> who is the commander in question now who says he didn't get them? >> well, this person hasn't replied to our requests for comment general robert ashley he was at the time chief for centcom. central commands. commanding officer. put in two requests to hear back from him. >> now, according to this report, there are a mixture of actions by sergeant bergdahl. number one, he tried to escape. right? >> right. correct. >> more than once. >> got away for five days before being recaptured. >> put in a cage because of that, shackled, all of that that doesn't show a man who is collaborating. on the other hand in the same report there are eyewitnesses who told this intelligence group that he did carry a weapon and do things that would ind

>> well, this person hasn't replied to our requests for comment general robert centcom.the time central commands. commanding officer. put in two requests to hear back from him. >> now, according to this report, there are a mixture of actions by sergeant bergdahl. number one, he tried to escape. right? >> right. correct. >> more than once. >> got away for five days before being recaptured. >> put in a cage because of that, shackled, all of that that doesn't show a man who is collaborating. on the other hand in the same report there are eyewitnesses who told this intelligence group that he did carry a weapon and do things that would indicate he was a collaborator. so what i'm saying, rosen, is that you have got two polar opposite reports under the same banner. process that? >> well, because the reports are stretched out over time. they span -- the ones that we got our hands on 2009 to it 2012. look, as you know, bill, there are some people out there full time occupation flack to fox news. despite what they're saying and tweeting about me nowhere have i reported that sergea

i say that's a kind of the level of sock puppets that america hires so the department of defense centcom gave two hundred million dollars to a california group to create sock puppets. and they did is went to five or dot com f. i v e. we are our dot com spent five bucks hiring people who are the lamest because you know even the qualifications for this deal i think we could sue the government to get this money back because the qualifications are that sock puppets should be able to pass sophisticated viewers that they should believe that this is a real person but clearly they're not just look below at least say something original beliefs isis has little kitty cats i'm a grenade you say nothing that is original nothing it's like boring. sock puppets under-valued there is cheap as that oil floating around the med. would be a buyer of sock puppets just. for sure well these ones are holy ones it's a part of the holy war but their holy socks yeah. make me a saint imo holy sock puppet. of the vatican i gotta go now i mean holes i hold myself oh it's a man it was like they might turn water into wi

central command or centcom. we're awaiting general ashley to get back to us. the head of centcom, james mattis told us he never received sit reps ascribed. he may have received the intel in pieces other or the form. he said there is no evidence of bergdahl as a collaborator much of the detail in the reports read to him over the phone by me remain classified. bill: james rosen, incredible story. more to come too. james, thank you. arthel? >> pentagon firms are saying sergeant bergdahl still has not spoken to his family. there is no word when the 28-year-old will make his first phone call home to hayley, idaho, nor when he will be transferred to the army hospital in texas. bergdahl is still at landstuhl hospital in germany where military officials say he is showing signs of improvement but say there is no timeline on his recovery. no other specifics released on his condition. bill: still some big questions, arthel. as you know, about the five taliban commanders released from gitmo in exchange for bergdahl. there are reports that the former deteenee living in wha

i probably, if mitt romney talked about the 47th the centcom i would probably rate myself among the 41%n mr. obama's current approval rating, or non-approval rating. i'm also disappointed. and i think, at the time i said, one of the reason i'm going to vote for him is just because i think he, as was said of fdr, had a first class company. i'm not so sure about that. whenever i see him giving a speech, i think, you know, this is dignified, attractive, smart guy, but i think, i think he's a little aloof. here's the guy who spent four hours golfing with, returning to my great aunt, with mayor bloomberg recently, did not ask mayor bloomberg one question. now, if you were a politician, if you president of the united states and do it for hours with a very smart mayor of new york, might you ask a question? you know, mike, how do you handle this? how do you handle that? i guess there are no friends among world leaders. this is one of the remarkable things that's emerged -- am i babbling on? i think this is one of the remarkable things about george h. w. bush. i was on a tv show a week ago, one

sitreps in late 2010 to private email address of big deer john ashley, who was head of intelligence at centcom. the head of september come at the time, james mattis said he never received the sitreps ascribed but may have received intel in other form. general mattis said there was no evidence that bergdahl was a collaborator. when i read him details of the reports over the phone, however he said many remain classified. john and jenna. jenna: interesting reporting as always, james, thank you. jon: to capitol hill where outrage is growing over the bergdahl prisoner exchange. the one member of the intelligence committee is blasting a report that says if the deal had been leaked the taliban threatened to kill bergdahl and that is why congressional leaders were not notified in advance. let's go to chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel. he is live in washington for us. mike. >> reporter: joned good morning. top lawmakers on intelligence matters are rejecting the idea notifying them before this trade would have leaked. >> i don't know of anybody among the folks who historically given classif

>> a declassified memo from november 2001 reveals that donald rumsfeld met as early as then with centcomommander general tommy franks to review plans for the decapitation of the iraqi government. they discuss ideas of how to start a war. one suggestion is to create a dispute over wmd inspections. >> this is a regime that agreed to international inspections, then kicked out the inspectors. >> 9/11 made it politically possible for the first time to persuade the american people to break a tradition of not launching offensive wars. >> the pressure to find evidence falls heavily on all 15 u.s. intelligence agencies. >> the extremely strong policy wind that was blowing at the time, and that everyone in government corridors felt, made it absolutely clear what was preferred and what was not preferred. >> atta, mohammed atta, leader of al qaeda's 9/11 hijackings. from prague comes an intelligence report of a photograph allegedly showing mohammed atta meeting with a high-ranking iraqi intelligence officer. the photograph of the supposed meeting is never made publicly available. >> mohammed atta wa

five older -- not that healthy well known militants who are now being watched in qatar, the home of centcom, are they the danger or the 8,000 to 10,000 foreign fighters currently in syria, of which we know very little about. it's a question of priorities, which is the bigger danger. >> good point, richard. let's go to what we've confirmed and "new york times" was first to record this weekend, the details of what bergdahl is saying about his i imprisonment. can you fill in these gaps? >> reporter: we haven't heard anything directly from bergdahl. this was coming from "new york times" report and then able to be confirmed out of washington, that bergdahl has started to speak. he's telling the -- what happened to him during the five years of captivity, a very sad and lonely, brutal time in which he spent a great deal of time in solitary confinement and the conditions of his capture only got worse after he tried to escape. at that stage his cap tors put him into a some sort of restraining situation. there's been different accounts about this, a small room, a cage, a box, but he was certainly put

>> yes. >> what about the ground commander and centcom commander? >> they were notified on the 27th of may. general dunford and general austin, their awareness of something going on was there. but again, to keep this as close as we could, they were not informed until four days before the specific operational plans and decisions, until four days before the operation. i believe that i'm right on those dates. >> thank you, gentlemen. we'll now move to chairman mccall. >> thank you, mr. chairman, mr. secretary, mr. preston. i chair the homeland security committee, so i look at it from that vantage point. i do have concerns that this move, this swap empowers and emboldens our enemies. one can only look at what omar is saying about this, when he celebrates. this is a huge triumph in his words. a colossal victory. for the first time we've negotiated with the taliban as equals. and we gave them everything they asked for, the dream team. these are the heads of intelligence, military, with long ties to osama bin laden. when i was in iraq last month, i met wit

>> yes. >> what about the ground commander and centcom commander? >> they were notified on the 27th of may. general dunford and general austin, their awareness of something going on was there. but again, to keep this as close as we could, they were not informed until four days before the specific operational plans and decisions, until four days before the operation. i believe that i'm right on those dates. >> thank you, gentlemen. we'll now move to chairman mccall. >> thank you, mr. chairman, mr. secretary, mr. preston. i chair the homeland security committee, so i look at it from that vantage point. i do have concerns that this move, this swap empowers and emboldens our enemies. one can only look at what omar is saying about this, when he celebrates. this is a huge triumph in his words. a colossal victory. for the first time we've negotiated with the taliban as equals. and we gave them everything they asked for, the dream team. these are the heads of intelligence, military, with long ties to osama bin laden. when i was in iraq last month, i met wit

centcom base, al jazeera tv. the u.s. is the biggest investor here.ar was practically the first arab country. it was the first arab country to get involved in the military operations, to remove colonel gadhafi. at times, our interests with qatar intersect, at times they diverge. these five prisoners, one afghan connected to the government will be in a residential compound. no one knows exactly where. they're going to be united with their families, and they can move about. they can't fundraise or get involved in political activities, but back home the taliban are certainly using their release as a major victory. now, qatar has done this, hosted these guys to appease the u.s. the u.s. uses these guy s as a bridge to radical groups. some people refer to qatar as the arab switzerland. now, qatar does not, harris, have a stellar track record, when it comes to keeping an eye on militants. they lost track of the 9/11 mastermind, khalid sheikh mohammed, in 1996. he slipped away, and another guantanamo detainee, who was transferred here in 2008, showed up in l

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centcom has an investigation under way to figure out what went wrong. incoordinates or provided into the weapon itself or was there some sort of electronic error. it's way too early to tell that. at a time when most people think that the afghanistan is coming to an end, if it's not already ended, a stark reminder that tens of thousands of americans are still at risk there and in harm's way in afghanistan. >> indeed. richard engel, in landstuhl germany, where bowe bergdahl is still being reacclimated and checked by medical pentagon health officials. what is the latest from bowe bergdahl and what we're hearing from the pentagon as to when he might be transferred home to san antonio? >> i wish i could tell you more. we're not hearing much of anything from the officials here. only that his treatment is ongoing, that he is still -- he's physically better than expected and could be transferred if the physical condition was the only factor here at any time. but he's still going through a lot of psychological counseling. the expectation is this will be a few mo

centcom with force flee in and out of -- flow with monitoring situation on the ground in irrake and syria. transcom and socom and their missions as well. we are assisting opcw in ridding the world of syrian chemical weapons. a recent highlight in these efforts that the cape ray will arrive in the port tomorrow to transload syrian chemical weapons from the danish vessel. and then transit to international waters to neutralize the chemical agents in a safe and environmentally soundmanner. concurrently we have also been engaging in ongoing operations with nato in defending our partner turkey. and our commitment to the defense of israel. make no mistake, our operational tempo is high but the spirit and morale of our forces is high as well. every airman, soldier, sailor and marine i've had the opportunity to meet is fully up on our mission and eager to do their job. every alliance and partner member i meet on the battlefield is also equally enthusiastic. we are a proud carriers of a legacy that gee ban just over 70 years ago on the shores of normandy. that legacy endowed us with the nato allian

commands through all our forward presence in europe, and monitoring of the unrest in north africa, centcom in and out of afghanistan and monitoring of the situation on the ground in iraq and syria. om in support missions as well. a recent highlight in these efforts is that the k break will be arriving tomorrow to fromform serious weapons the danish vessel and then transfer to international waters to neutralize the chemical agents in a safe and environmentally sound manner. concurrently we have been engaging in ongoing operations with nato in defending our partner in turkey and commitment to the defense of israel. make no mistake, our operational temperature had but the spirit and morale is high as well. every airman, soldier and murray i have had the opportunity to meet with is fully up on the mission and eager to do their job. every partner i meet is all -- also eat quickly enthusiastic. we are proud carriers of a legacy that began just over seven years ago on the shores of normandy. that legacy has endowed us with the nato alliance and steadfast relationships with incredible allies and p

we centcomments from san diego, it is important to have good border voices as far as the age list, what we want to find out what it means to border communities along the border. what is the best way to communicating what's happening, high-level, economic dialogue with the local cross-border issues? >> i think the most important thing is to make sure that washington is understanding or, aware of, let me start this again. washington is famous for the law of unintended consequences, right? for taking decisions which are not intended to hurt parties on the ground or have effects in local communities but do. or are intended to have x-benefit, right, but have y-effect on people, in making things more efficient, reducing paperwork, moving to electronic forms, whatever you know, what it might be we're trying to make more efficient, the effect on a local community or how a border infrastructure project may be affecting a local community is far too often invisible to many of us here. we try for it not to be both being in touch with organizations on the ground and visiting but it is not always goo

state department operation basically because they run the embassy, but in the context of centcom, particularly have we been communicating to maliki and to his military questions about their capacity and their willingness and their effective leadership? and have we made it clear in conjunction, general flynn's testimony there were real threats they faced and they had to make adjustments, is that something that was done? >> senator, absolutely. let me give you something personal. when the syria issue began to manifest itself, i went to baghdad personally and met with the most senior members of their leadership and government. they were all, of course, worried about syria. what's going to come in from syria to affect us? i said, that's the wrong question. the question is, how will you take this opportunity -- that is to say a perceived threat to your country from outside -- and use it as an opportunity to actually bring your government, your people together on the basis of that common threat? that was a year ago. and in that year the behavior was for the most part exactly counter to what you woul

month the country of iraq, through the person of prime minister al-maliki, he's gone directly to centcom asked for help. he said you know what we can do? we're not asking for anything other than drone support. if you could give us drones we could blow up these guys in their staging areas and repeatedly the federal government and the administration have said no, we're not going to give you drones. we already gave you stuff. we're not going to help you. >> a spokesperson for the security council declined to comment on the request. she said -- quote -- "we're not going to get into details of our diplomatic discussion." >> let's get this straight. this group that believes the same thing as al qaeda but not adhere to al qaeda, they are going in and are so brutal, that you are reputation seeds them. the iraq -- their reputation exceeds them, they have actually taken an oil-rich area over so they have control over refinery. al-maliki has a heck of a nerve too. he immediately iced out the sunnies. he's allowed the sunnis to say i have no choice but to align myself with this new al qaeda group wh

state department operation basically because they run the embassy, but in the context of centcom, particularlyve we been communicating to maliki and to his military questions about their capacity and their willingness and their effective leadership? d have we made it clear in conjunction, general flynn's testimony there were real threats they faced and they had to make adjustments, is that something that was done? >> senator, absolutely. let me give you something personal. hen the syria issue began to manifest itself, i went to baghdad penally and met with the most senior members of their leadership and government. they were all, of course, worried about syria. what's going to come in from syria to affect us? i said, that's the wrong question. the question is, how will you take this opportunity -- that is to say a perceived threat to your country from outside -- and use it as an opportunity to actually -- bring your government, your people together on the basis of that common threat? that was a year ago. and in that year the behavior was for the most part exactly counter to what you would prob