Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was arraigned in his controversial military desertion case here on Tuesday, deferring his decision on whether he allows a jury of soldiers or a judge to determine his fate next year in a court-martial trial.
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Bergdahl answered “yes” and “no” to questions posed by the military judge at Fort Bragg, in North Carolina.
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The Taliban captured Bergdahl shortly after he left the base and held him until he was released in a prisoner exchange on May 31, 2014.
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Bergdahl, 29, was ordered last week to face a court-martial after being charged earlier this year with desertion and endangering US troops. The Pentagon’s inspector general on December 9, 2015, has told a House panel investigating the five Taliban Guantanamo Bay detainees released in exchange for Bergdahl that it found no evidence that a ransom was ever attempted or paid to secure the soldier’s release.
FILE – This undated file image provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. The next pretrial hearing was scheduled for January 12 before Army Judge Colonel Jeffery R. Nance, who will preside over future hearings.
The military officer who headed the investigation testified in September he believed Bergdahl should not face prison time. He was held for five years until President Obama arranged a prisoner swap in 2014. In October, Bergdahl’s lawyer said no jail time had been recommended.
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Bergdahl hasn’t talked publicly about what happened, but spoke extensively with screenwriter Mark Boal, who shared 25 hours of recorded interviews with Sarah Koenig for her podcast, “Serial”. In the conversations, Bergdahl defends his actions, saying he walked off base in order to bring attention to leadership issues that he felt were putting his unit in danger. “You know, that I could be what it is that all those guys out there that go to the movies and watch those movies – they all want to be that – but I wanted to prove I was that”. However, the Pentagon has said that it has no proof that anyone died amid search efforts for Bergdahl.
