Shock U.S. Army admission: Obama freed Taliban ‘psychopath’ in Bergdahl trade

‘Petty tyrant’ lost stature after capture in early days of war in Afghanistan

In a pointed assessment, an Army colonel advising the National Security Council says one of the Taliban prisoners released in the Obama administration’s deal to free Army Sgt. Bowe Berghdal is a “psychopath” who poses a “danger to fellow Afghans.”

Army Col. Mark Mitchell, director for counterterrorism at the National Security Council, is a Green Beret who helped capture Mullah Mohammad Fazl in the early days of the war in Afghanistan.

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