WE DID BIZ WTH THE TALIBAN

[HairOfTheDog]

Hmmm.. Because they'd come out and say "This prick deserted us and we're going to make his life hell"?

I'm not sure I understand what you're implying, crash. What US officials would wanna torture Bergdahl or make his life a living hell and why?

I'm sure officials here will wanna get all they can outta him about how the Taliban operated, anything he overheard about strategies or plans, etc...

I'd be surprised if his captors didn't extract the same info from him in regards to his US military training, operations, etc. AFAIK based on what's currently known about him, there doesn't look to be much that Bergdahl had to offer his captors (except, intentionally or unintentionally, himself as a bartering chip). No real intelligence, high level expertise, or anything like that. Again, AFAIK.

The "no speak English" bit is a little hard for me to buy, but I don't know the details of his mental or physical condition.