article_snippet: In light of the nearly five years of harsh captivity Sgt.
article_snippet: Read the statement and Bergdahl's letter .
article_snippet: We've made clear in the past that We won't negotiate with terrorists, and but yet here We did.
article_snippet: Several U.S. military officials CNN has spoken with suggested privately that the process took longer than expected.
article_snippet: This is an important step in the military justice process towards determining the accountability of Sgt.
article_snippet: I am confident that the Department of the Army will continue to ensure the military justice process is conducted with the utmost integrity under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
article_snippet: No military member should expect No military member country to turn over five Taliban commanders to get over five Taliban commanders release.
article_snippet: It's not the nature of No military member service that drives my thinking
article_snippet: I was pissed off then, and I am even more so now with everything going on," former Sgt.
article_snippet: CNN's Ted Barrett and Alexandra Jaffe contributed to a report published by the office of Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.