MINUTES AFTER THE HOUR.
A FOX NEWS ALERT.
THE WHITE HOUSE DOWN PLAYING
REPORTS THAT THE TALIBAN
MASTERMIND WHO HELPED
ORCHESTRATE THE AFGHANISTAN
TAKEOVER WAS RELEASED FROM GITMO
BY OBAMA.
>> THE ADMINISTRATION IS LEFT TO
NEGOTIATE WITH THE TALIBAN
INCLUDING ONE OF THE COMMANDOS
WHO WAS RELEASED FROM GUANTANAMO
BAY AS PART OF THE BOWE BERGDAHL
PRISONER SWAP.
>> THE DEPARTMENT OF
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY TO ASSESS
THE IDENTITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL.
OUR FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS ON,
AGAIN, NOT TAKING THE TALIBAN’S
WORD FOR IT WE ARE ASSESSING.
WE ARE CLOSELY WATCHING AND WE
ARE BEING VERY CLEAR ABOUT THE
CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES WE
HAVE AT HAND SHOULD THEY BE
NEEDED.
BRIAN: BRIAN YOU KNOW SHE KNOWS
THE ANSWER TO IT SAW NO REASON
TO ANSWER IT THAT’S THE GUY AND
THAT’S THE GUY WE H A MEMBER OF
THE TALIBAN FIVE.
HE WAS ACCUSED OF BEING A CLOSE
ASSOCIATE OF BIN LADEN, WAS
PREVIOUSLY DEEMED TOO DANGEROUS
TO BE RELEASED BUT WE SWAPPED
HIM FOR BOWE BERGDAHL.
REPORTS OF HIS ROLE IN
AFGHANISTAN DECLARED VICTORY
INSIDE KABUL IN THE PALACE.
SPENT 8 YEARS IN THE SAME
DETENTION CENTER.
HERE TO DISCUSS FORMER GITMO
GUARD, ARMY VETERAN MONTGOMERY
RANGER.
THE MONTGOMERY, YOUR REACTION TO
THIS?
>> YEAH, IT’S VERY DISTURBING,
BRIAN.
AND THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON
AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, RETURNING GITMO
DETAINEES TO THE BATTLEFIELD
SENDS A MESSAGE THAT WE DON’T
CARE ABOUT OR ACKNOWLEDGE THE
GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR.
OR THOSE WHO PROTECT US FROM
THAT THREAT.
NAMELY OUR GREAT MEN AND WOMEN
IN UNIFORM.
AND ALL WHO SUPPORT THEM
INCLUDING OUR ALLIES.
WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS.
THESE DETAINEES ARE THE WORSE OF
THE WORST AS LABELED BY DONALD
RUMSFELD.
BRIAN, MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW
THAT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
UNLAWFUL COMBATANT ISLAMISTS
WERE CAPTURED IN AFGHANISTAN
OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS NOW.
JUST ONLY 800 WERE EVER BROUGHT
TO THE U.S. DETENTION FACILITY
AT GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA WHERE I
SERVED AS A U.S. ARMY RANKING
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT TASK FORCE
160.
THESE DETAINEES, WE RELEASED 732
OF THEM.
AND NONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN
BEHEADED, EXECUTED ATTACKED.
DRAGGED, UNTIL LIFELESS THROUGH
THE STREETS OR.
ALL HAVE DONE TO US.
UNTIL ALL ISLAMISTS ARE DEAD OR
NO LONGER HAVE THE MEANS OR WILL
TO KILL US.
WE MUST DEFEND OURSELVES BY ANY
MEANS NECESSARY.
BRIAN: DO YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK
ABOUT MONTGOMERY?
I THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES TO HUNT THESE
GUYS DOWN AND GET THEM THE FIRST
TIME AND PUT THEM INTO GITMO AND
THE DETERMINATION FOR PRESIDENT
OBAMA TO EMPTY GITMO.
WE’RE DOWN TO 39 NOW.
AND WE SAID -- WE SAID WE ARE
GOING TO LET YOU OUT.
BUT THEY PROMISED TO STAY IN
QATAR.
I’M PRETTY SURE THEY BROKE THEIR
PROMISE ALMOST RIGHT AWAY.
THEY WERE HAILED AS HEROES.
AND WHO KNOWS WHAT INTELLIGENCE
THEY WERE ABLE TO PICK UNJUST A
LITTLE ON ROUHANI THE GUY IN THE
SECOND PICTURE WE SHOWED.
HE WAS CALLED ONE OF THE VERY
WORST PRISONERS AT GITMO.
HE WAS THERE FOR A WHILE FROM
2002 TO 2007.
HE WAS RELEASED AFTER PROMISING
AUTHORITIES HE WAS RETURNING TO
AFGHANISTAN TO, QUOTE: CARE FOR
HIS SICK FATHER.
HE SAID HE WAS JUST A SHOP
KEEPER.
HE SPENT FOUR YEARS IN THE
INTELLIGENCE SERVICE IN KABUL.
HE GOT 26 LEFT.
TELL ME IF I AM WRONG HERE.
I FEAR IF WE WANT OUR IT
AMERICANS BACK IN COUNTRY THEY
ARE GOING TO SAY WE NEED A FEW
MORE FROM GITMO OUT IN AVERAGE
IF YOU WANT THOSE ARTERIES OPEN.
AND IF YOU WANT THAT AIRPORT TO
BE NO LONGER RINGED WITH TALIBAN
FIGHTERS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I THINK IF WE HAD AN AMERICAN
FIRST PRESIDENT, INSTEAD OF
AMERICA LAST PRESIDENT, THAT
WOULD BE A NO-GO.
AND I THINK ALL THOSE GUYS IN
GITMO BELONG THERE.
I THINK WITH FEW EXCEPTION, MOST
OF THEM SHOULD STILL BE IN
THERE.
YOU KNOW, AFTER WORLD WAR II THE
U.S. HELD OVER 400,000 LAWFUL
COMBATANTS, MOSTLY GERMANS, AND
WE DIDN’T HAVE TO HAVE ANY
CHARGES OR TRIALS FOR THEM.
THE GENEVA CONVENTION SAYS WE
CAN HOLD THEM UNTIL THE END OF
HOSTILITIES.
THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT WE SHOULD
DO.
BRIAN: IT’S NOT OVER EVEN THOUGH
AMERICA AND MOST PEOPLE WOULD
WANT IT OVER.
MONTGOMERY GRANGER I KNOW IT’S