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Posted: 3/25/2015 2:10:53 PM EDT

Bowe Bergdahl to be charged with desertion, his attorney says

Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. Army sergeant controversially traded for 5 Taliban prisoners last year, will be hit with two charges from military prosecutors, his attorney told CBS News.

Bergdahl is going to be charged on one count of desertion and one count of "misbehavior before the enemy"

His attorney, Gene Fidell says he hasn't seen the charges yet for himself, but Bergdahl had passed along what officials had said he would be charged with earlier Wednesday.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bowe-bergdahl-to-be-charged-with-desertion-his-attorney-says/

More at:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/25/politics/bowe-bergdahl-decision-prisoner-exchange-explainer/index.html

Washington (CNN)UPDATE 1:52 p.m. - The U.S. military said Wednesday that it will make an announcement on the Bowe Bergdahl case at 3:30 EDT from Fort Bragg.

It's been nearly a year since Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl returned to the United States as part of a prisoner exchange and since the Army began a formal investigation into his disappearance from his unit. Yet the Army still hasn't made public its findings and, with them, what discipline -- if any -- Bergdahl will face for leaving his base in eastern Afghanistan in June 2009.

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:11:42 PM EDT

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Good

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:11:46 PM EDT

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Good. Fuck him.

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:12:05 PM EDT

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Fuck that traitorous piece of shit.

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:12:42 PM EDT

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FPNI

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Posted: 3/25/2015 2:13:04 PM EDT

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Took long enough. I hope he soon has a new home in Kansas.

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:14:06 PM EDT

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'Bout damn time.

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:14:07 PM EDT

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Wonder what the terrorists Obama freed for this traitor are doing.

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:14:12 PM EDT

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Posted: 3/25/2015 2:15:35 PM EDT

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Posted: 3/25/2015 2:15:58 PM EDT

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The US Army has been sitting on this case for months because it proves that Obama and his admin are liars.

Susan Rice: Bergdahl Served With 'Honor and Distinction'

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:16:08 PM EDT

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For once my local news radio station broke the news before arfcom. Once... in all these years.

I wonder if he will be charged with aiding the enemy as well... I cant believe we traded five shitheads for one.

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Posted: 3/25/2015 2:17:27 PM EDT

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Get em boys!!!

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:18:01 PM EDT

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This is good news, I hope he faces a firing squad, but it still doesn't fill 5 terrorist bodybags.

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:19:05 PM EDT

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I'll drink to his conviction tonight.

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:19:23 PM EDT

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I see a presidential pardon on the horizon...

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:19:29 PM EDT

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Obama lol

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:20:21 PM EDT

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THIS!

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:20:44 PM EDT

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Posted: 3/25/2015 2:20:58 PM EDT

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Good. Hanging or firing squad?

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:21:06 PM EDT

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FPNI

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:21:21 PM EDT

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Why did we trade for a traitor?

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:21:23 PM EDT

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That's good given that he did in fact desert.

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:21:30 PM EDT

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How to negate Obama: convict Bergdahl on or after Jan 21st, 2017

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:22:48 PM EDT

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Very odd story if the allegations are to be believed as true.

Why would someone simply wonder off his base in Afghanistan knowing full well the reputation of the Taliban concerning prisoners?

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:22:53 PM EDT

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Good. That useless fuck needs to be hung, as is prescribed by UCMJ.

One of the medics in my reserve unit was with his unit in A-stan at the time of his desertion. The stories he tells...

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:22:59 PM EDT

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Maybe Holder will represent him.

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:23:24 PM EDT

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I think someone needs to remind the public that this is an individual that the current administration publicly praised for bravery, etc. one year ago when the horrible (and illegal) trade deal was brokered.

That's right -- this administration considers individuals that warrant charges such as this -- to be heroes and brave.

Let that sink in for a second...

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:23:28 PM EDT

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Has the alleged deserter talked to his parents yet?

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:24:32 PM EDT

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Hang him!!!

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:24:35 PM EDT

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I believe that the President can pardon a person for a particular crime before he has been convicted. That's essentially what Gerald Ford did for Nixon.

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:25:12 PM EDT

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I'm guessing the trial will be scheduled for Dec. 2016.

Can't have democrats having to publicly answer for this before an election.

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:27:03 PM EDT

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About fucking time.

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:27:23 PM EDT

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I believe that the President can pardon a person for a particular crime before he has been convicted. That's essentially what Gerald Ford did for Nixon.

Damn rare and maybe not legal.

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:27:29 PM EDT

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Bergdahl went above and beyond to earn the medal for Courageous Restraint.

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:30:31 PM EDT

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Whoever made the call to charge him will be fired/audited etc. for making

BHO look like the buffoon and liar that he is
FBHO

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:30:39 PM EDT

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Laughing...all the way back to the battlefield.

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:31:34 PM EDT

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In on 1.

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:31:45 PM EDT

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Bergdahl ain't worth the bullet. Use rope - it's environmentally safe and recyclable.

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:31:47 PM EDT

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That guy is a giant steaming pile of shit,...... should have been drone struck

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:33:54 PM EDT

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News conference at Fort Bragg at 3:30 pm.

Desertion and misbehavior before the enemy.

Posted: 3/25/2015 2:34:12 PM EDT

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I'm sure she meant it. It just depends on your point of view.