Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl Charged With Desertion and 'Misbehavior Before the Enemy'

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Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the American soldier held captive by the Pakistani Taliban for five years before he was freed last spring in exchange for the release of five Guantanamo Bay detainees, has been charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, his lawyer said Wednesday.

Bergdahl, who left his military base in Afghanistan in 2009 at the age of 28 and later showed up in the hands of Pakistan's Haqqani network, was notified of his charges on Tuesday, according to lawyer, Eugene Fidell. Military officials are expected to hold a briefing on the decision this afternoon.

After Bergdahl's release in May 2014, the US Army opened an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his disappearance. Some of his fellow service members have accused him of being a deserter who knowingly walked away from his base in Paktika province prior to being taken hostage.

The investigation ended in October and the Army Forces Command subsequently reviewed the findings to inform their decision about whether to charge the Idaho native.

The prisoner swap that freed Bergdahl stirred controversy almost as soon as it was completed. Republicans, including Senator John McCain, criticized the White House for releasing "hardcore" Taliban members. The Pentagon was also accused of violating legal guidelines that require a month's notice to legislators before exchanging prisoners.

https://news.vice.com/article/sgt-b...th-desertion-and-misbehavior-before-the-enemy

 

[Jello Biafra]

 

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[theworldismine13]

i remember reading about this story a while back and i knew he was a deserter, how could the white house with access to classified info not know this?

if they were going to do a swap they should have done it very quietly

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

i remember reading about this story a while back and i knew he was a deserter, how could the white house with access to classified info not know this?

if they were going to do a swap they should have done it very quietly

Oh well. He gets due process and we all move on.

 

[Digga38]

i remember reading about this story a while back and i knew he was a deserter, how could the white house with access to classified info not know this?

if they were going to do a swap they should have done it very quietly

half america doesnt even remeber him...so i can see why they did it for pub.....
still you got to get him back even if they have to throw him in jail

 

[88m3]

who cares

 

[theworldismine13]

half america doesnt even remeber him...so i can see why they did it for pub.....
still you got to get him back even if they have to throw him in jail

im talking about before the actual swap, when he was "kidnapped" there wasnt any publcity about it, nobody knew about him period, it was a very quite story

im not saying anything either way about the actual swap, thats whatever, the point is they should have known dude was a deserter and wasnt a hero, so they should have done the swap quitely

 

[dish lowry]

anybody been listening to the serial podcast....taliban are some weird mf's.

 

[Rarebird77]

who cares

Conservatives for some reason.

 

[SouthSac916]

Ppl got killed searching for him

 

[88m3]

Ppl got killed searching for him

Well they're still not coming back then.

 

[Rarebird77]

anybody been listening to the serial podcast....taliban are some weird mf's.

Yes! Someone should post the podcasts here.

 

[Rarebird77]

Ppl got killed searching for him

Not true.

The six men killed were in the 501st Infantry. All of them were killed in Paktika Province between August 18 and September 6, 2009, after the intense initial search for Bergdahl concluded but within the two- to three-month period when, by accounts from more than 20 members of the 501st, essentially every mission in the province had a PR component to it. One of those killed was from Comanche Company, two of those killed were in Bergdahl's Blackfoot Company, three were from Headquarters Company.

How did 6 die after Bowe Bergdahl's disappearance? - CNN.com

 

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