Upon arraignment before a military court, US Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who allegedly fled his unit in Afghanistan before being held captive by the Taliban, did not enter a plea in the face of charges including desertion and misbehavior before the enemy.
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“The judge explained Sgt. Bergdahl’s right to be tried before a panel or a military judge”, said Col. Daniel King, U.S. Army Forces Command. His hair was close-cropped and he was wearing his army dress uniform of dark blue jacket and trousers. He mostly sat still in his chair and walked with his head down as he left the courtroom.
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“The accused wishes to defer for reflection”, said Lieutenant Colonel Franklin Rosenblatt, Bergdahl’s lawyer, at a brief hearing at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. If convicted, Bergdahl faces life in prison on the misbehavior charge and up to five years for desertion.
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Sergeant Bergdahl, 29, was released from Taliban captivity in May 2014, in exchange for the release of five Afghan Taliban detainees from the USA military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay.
The hearing lasted 15 minutes and Bergdahl, who was represented by a military lawyer, asked to be represented by civilian counsel in future appearances.
Bergdahl’s next hearing is set for January 12.
The charge of misbehaviour before the enemy was used hundreds of times during World War II, but scholars say its use appears to have dwindled in conflicts since then.
The way Bergdahl tells it, he was deeply concerned about the leadership in his brigade, to the point he says he believed his comrades’ lives were at risk. 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. In contrast, statistics show the U.S. Army prosecuted about 1,900 desertion cases between 2001 and the end of 2014. Fidell, Bergdahl’s attorney, has said his client is being charged twice for the same action.
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Troops were injured and killed looking for Bergdahl, Buetow said, and others in his platoon were in constant fear that Bergdahl would give up information – either voluntarily or via torture – that would endanger them. “Doing what I did was me saying I am like Jason Bourne”.
