WikiLeaks document backs up U.S. soldier’s claim Bowe Bergdahl tried to contact Taliban

This undated Image provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)

Days after the disappearance of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, U.S. soldiers intercepted radio communications revealing that an American soldier in a nearby village was looking for someone to help him communicate in English with unknown agents, according to the 28-year-old Idahoan's former team leader.

"I heard it straight from the interpreter's lips as he heard it over the radio," former Army Sgt. Evan Buetow, who served in Bergdahl's unit, said Tuesday in a CNN interview. "There's a lot more to this story than a soldier walking away."

And official military documents from 2009, which were obtained and released by WikiLeaks, would appear to corroborate Buetow's story.

[A]n American Soldier with a camera is looking for someone who speaks English, the documents read.

Later, in the same document dump, U.S. armed forces reported intercepting the following radio conversation between Taliban operatives:

1- [We] ARE READY FOR THEM.

2- ALL THE NUMBERS ARE MESS IT. WE ARE WWAITING FOR THEM.

1- LOL THEY KNOW WHERE HE IS BUT THEY KEEP GOING TO WRONG AREA.

2- OK SET UP THE WORK FOR THEM.

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WikiLeaks document backs up U.S. soldier's claim Bowe Bergdahl tried to contact Taliban