He was released five years later in May 2014 during a prisoner swap that received a lot of criticism.
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Captured… Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, right, stands with a Taliban fighter in eastern Afghanistan.
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“The accused wishes to defer for reflection”, said Lieutenant Colonel Franklin Rosenblatt, Bergdahl’s lawyer. And as part of Bergdahl’s release, the White House agreed to release five Taliban prisoners held at Cuba’s Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
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Tuesday’s hearing was Bergdahl’s first chance to hear the charges against him.
U.S. Army Forces Command Col. Daniel King said afterward that Bergdahl said he was satisfied with his defense team, which consists of military and civilian attorneys.
Bergdahl’s disappearance and the possibility that he might face light punishment had angered many in the military, who say his fellow soldiers took considerable risks to search for him.
The 29-year-old soldier appeared before a military tribunal at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to be formally arraigned on two charges. Bergdahl has defended his actions, alleging that he walked off base in order to bring attention to leadership issues that he felt were putting his unit in danger. His case has gained notoriety as the latest focus of the popular podcast Serial, which has broadcast Bergdahl’s recorded telephone conversations with filmmaker Mark Boal.
If convicted at a general court-martial, Bergdahl could get up to five years for desertion and life in prison on the misbehavior charge. “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”.
Bergdahl was charged with desertion, a difficult-to-prove accusation that requires military prosecutors to prove that he left his base without intending to return.
In ordering the court-martial last week, Army General Robert Abrams did not follow the recommendation of a preliminary hearing officer who, according to Bergdahl’s lawyer, called for him to face a proceeding that could impose a potential maximum penalty of a year in confinement.
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Bergdahl could now be facing steep legal consequences.
