[Newsweek] Amerine ran afoul of the FBI when he told Representative Duncan Hunter, a Marine veteran and Republican member of the House Armed Services Committee, how bureaucratic politics had scuttled a deal he had worked out with the Taliban for Bergdahl's release. When the FBI learned of Amerine's criticism, it complained to the Army's chief of staff for intelligence, General Mary Legere, who prompted the Criminal Investigation Command to open an investigation. Amerine's pay was halted, he was booked and fingerprinted, and his retirement was put on hold. Bergdahl, meanwhile, was released on far worse terms than Amerine worked out, according to a Newsweek investigation in September.
On Monday, Hunter blasted the FBI and top Army brass, saying " the FBI wanted Jason out of the way...and the Army took the bait, investigating Jason for reasons that were unsupported by any of the facts." But in the end, Hunter added, "the Army did the right thing and cleared Jason of any wrongdoing, and allowed one of its decorated heroes to retire" with the Legion of Merit, "an award that is a fitting capstone to his distinguished career."
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