Bowe Bergdahl Faces “Desertion Charge”

[Mark W.]

Some one needs to tell OBAMA that Dawn Dish Washing Liquid is real good at removing Egg from ones face!

 

[Pandaz3]

I read a bit more about the process, and it is much as I said before. What is significant is the Army already had the option to do nothing (which I will call level 1) all the way to a General Court Marshal (which would be the top option, Option 5) They did choose Option 5! I think your special guy in the Oval Office will hold off until it's too late and then just mouth the decision to death, but not actually do anything that could later be called anti military.

 

[Just Jim]

Already the NY times has come out saying no charges should be brought against him. Six men died.. Oh I get it those six men were worth less cause the didn't desert. Fudging left wing rag.

 

[oknow]

Let's just hope this drags out until the 2016 election is over. ( if king o decides that he can't change the number of times someone can be elected) that way this pos can stay in jail with no pardon if he is convicted.

 

[forefathersrback]

If obama had a son, it would be bowe bergdahl. { Notice I did not Capitalize either one of those SOB's names}

 

[Just Jim]

Odds are the democrats will run him for a public office.

 

[RVTECH]

If obama had a son, it would be bowe bergdahl.

Heck the real father ain't much better - yea, he grew the beard and learned to speak Arabic (or what ever he was babbling on the podium) to
'appease' his son's captors. Yea, uh huh.

 

[Deebow]

I hope he falls into a running wood-chipper while being escorted to court.

That way we can be done with him.

 

[Pandaz3]

The latest news from Military.com, if there are links in the quote, they might not work.
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Bowe Bergdahl's defense lawyer has raised questions with the Army on why the 28-year-old sergeant was allowed to enlist despite having been separated from the Coast Guard after only 26 days.

Eugene Fidell, Bergdahl's lead lawyer, also noted Bergdahl's cooperation with the FBI since his release in efforts to "identify, capture and bring to justice" his captors as part of the argument to permit Bergdahl to leave the Army with an honorable discharge and veterans benefits.

The defense cited the Army's award last August of Bergdahl's second Good Conduct medal. The award covered the period from June 12, 2011, to June 11, 2014, shortly after Bergdahl was released, and cited him for "exemplary behavior, efficiency and fidelity in active federal military service."

The statements were made in a lengthy March 2 letter by Fidell. Three military lawyers from the Judge Advocate General corps have also been assigned to Bergdahl's defense.

The letter was sent to Gen. Mark Milley, commander of Army Forces Command, who last week authorized charges of one count of desertion and one count of misbehavior before the enemy against Bergdahl. The maximum penalty for misbehavior before the enemy is life imprisonment.

Bergdahl, who went missing from his post in Afghanistan in June 2009, was released last May after nearly five years in captivity in a controversial deal that resulted in the transfer of five Taliban prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility to the Gulf state of Qatar.

Members of Bergdahl's unit have charged that he was a poor soldier who left Combat Outpost Mest-Lalak voluntarily in June 2009. Bergdahl's defense has maintained that he walked away intending to report to a commander at another base on alleged wrongdoing in his unit.

The next step in the case for Bergdahl is an Article 32 preliminary hearing under the Uniform Code of Military Justice to decide whether there is sufficient evidence to proceed with a court-martial, but it was unclear when the Article 32 hearing might begin.

Last week, Fidell told Military.com that he expected the hearing to begin on April 22 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, where Bergdahl has been assigned to administrative duties. However, Fidell later said that he would be out of the country on April 22 on other commitments.

The Pentagon said last week that no date has been set for when the Article 32 hearing would begin.

In his letter to Milley, Fidell noted that a fact-finding investigation by Maj. Gen. Kenneth Dahl concluded that Bergdahl's enlistment did not violate any service regulations.

However, Fidell said that "given the circumstances surrounding Sgt. Bergdahl's entry-level separation from the U.S. Coast Guard, the Army's subsequent decision to enlist him with a waiver was improvident."

Bergdahl was discharged from the Coast Guard in 2006 after only 26 days in basic training, reportedly because of his psychological state. In his letter, Fidell described Bergdahl as "naïve and at times unrealistic."

Bergdahl joined the Army in 2008 at the height of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In that same year, the Army War College reported that as many as one in five recruits was allowed to enlist with a waiver for health or other reasons, including arrest records.

The Washington Post last June, citing a senior Army official, reported that the Army was aware of Bergdahl's previous administrative discharge from the Coast Guard when he joined.

Among the factors that Fidell argued "should play no role" and have no influence in the case were President Obama's decision to exchange Bergdahl for the five Taliban prisoners, and whether Obama should have announced his release in a Rose Garden ceremony with Bergdahl's parents.

The factors include whether "President Obama should have insisted on different terms for the prisoner exchange that led to Sgt. Bergdahl's liberation," Fidell wrote.

Last August, the non-partisan Government Accountability Office said that the prisoner exchange violated a statutory requirement to give Congress 30 days of notice."

 

[Pandaz3]

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[Sgt Nambu]

Just execute him!

 

[RicInOR]

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Gentle Reminder: Bowe Bergdahl is NOT a Victim! - Victory Girls Blog

In an interview aired by Good Morning America today, Bergdahl sniveled that it was "insulting" that he's being portrayed as a traitor. You got that, boys and girls? The traitorous little prick is offended that after walking away from his duty station, hooking up with the enemy, causing the deaths of and grave injuries to several fellow service members, and finally being exchanged for five terrorist Taliban scum, who are running around, no doubt planning more attacks on Americans, poor little Bowe is offended at the "traitor" moniker!

 

[clearconscience]

I hope he gets life for what his fellow soldier had to endure because of him.

F that guy

 

[Camelfilter]

I hop he gets death. And I'm not a proponent for the death penalty.

 

[Sgt Nambu]

Just execute him!

Just execute him!

 

[Pandaz3]

It will be 15 years with five off for Taliban time.

 

[Oregonhunter5]

Ever time I see his face, he looks weak and useless.

 

[RicInOR]

Bowe Bergdahl Pleads Guilty

Listen to 'The Daily': Bowe Bergdahl Pleads Guilty

Bowe Bergdahl, Called a 'Traitor' by President Trump, Pleads Guilty


Ruling on punishment expected in about a week.

Defense lawyers argue that those injuries [suffered by those looking for him] cannot be directly tied to Sergeant Bergdahl. They have cited a military investigation that found grave faults with the planning of the mission that left Sergeant Allen wounded, and evidence that they say indicates that Chief Hatch was injured on a mission that "targeted a well-known enemy combatant," a purpose apart from rescuing the sergeant.

The defense is also expected to argue that Sergeant Bergdahl has already endured profound consequences — the torture by his captors — for what he did. And they have argued that the Army also bears some responsibility for enlisting Sergeant Bergdahl to begin with, after he had a psychological breakdown and washed out of Coast Guard basic training in 2006 for having an "adjustment disorder with depression."

The sergeant was later found to have had a schizotypal personality disorder in the period when he walked off his base in Afghanistan.

 

[mkwerx]

Bowe Bergdahl Pleads Guilty

Listen to 'The Daily': Bowe Bergdahl Pleads Guilty

Bowe Bergdahl, Called a 'Traitor' by President Trump, Pleads Guilty


Ruling on punishment expected in about a week.

POS attorney blames everyone but the one responsible. ADMITTEDLY responsible. The attorney should hang with the client.

 

[Sgt Nambu]

It will be 15 years with five off for Taliban time.

It should be 15 with an additional 30 for talaban time! Or drop him in a room with the three guys that were injured in the searches for him. This guy just makes my stomach turn over and over, f him!