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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Bergdahl to face desertion charge in general court-martial
WASHINGTON (AP) — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the
Taliban for five years and freed in exchange for five detainees in
Guantanamo Bay, will face charges of desertion and misbehavior before the
enemy in a general court-martial, the Army announced on Monday.
If convicted, Bergdahl could get life in prison on the misbehavior charge
and up to five years for desertion. He also could be dishonorably discharged
, reduced in rank and made to forfeit all pay.
Bergdahl, 29, of Hailey, Idaho, walked off his post in eastern Afghanistan's
Paktika province on June 30, 2009. He was released in the prisoner swap in
late May 2014 that touched off a firestorm of criticism, with some in
Congress accusing President Barack Obama of jeopardizing the safety of a
nation for a deserter.
A date for an arraignment hearing at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, will be
announced later.
Bergdahl's attorney, Eugene Fidell, said the convening authority — a high-
ranking officer charged with deciding whether evidence warrants a court-
martial — did not follow the advice of a preliminary hearing officer.
Lt. Col. Mark Visger had recommended that Bergdahl's case be referred to a
special court martial, which is a misdemeanor-level forum. That limits the
maximum punishment to reduction in rank, a bad-conduct discharge and a term
of up to a year in prison.
The U.S. Army Forces Command charged Bergdahl on March 25 with "desertion
with intent to shirk important or hazardous duty" and "misbehavior before
the enemy by endangering the safety of a command, unit or place."
Misbehavior 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.
Legal databases and media accounts turn up only a few misbehavior cases
since 2001 when fighting began in Afghanistan, followed by Iraq less than
two years later. By contrast, statistics show the U.S. Army prosecuted about
1,900 desertion cases between 2001 and the end of 2014.
Fidell has argued his client is being charged twice for the same action,
saying in a previous television interview that "it's unfortunate that
someone got creative in drafting the charge sheet and figured out two ways
to charge the same thing."
Separately, Fidell, a military justice expert who is also a visiting
lecturer at Yale Law School, complained about political figures who have
made derogatory statements about Bergdahl.
Fidell asked that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump "cease his
prejudicial months-long campaign of defamation against our client. In
October, Trump called Bergdahl a "traitor, a no-good traitor, who should
have been executed."
Fidell also asked the House and Senate Armed Services committees to avoid
further statements "that prejudice our client's right to a fair trial." The
House committee last week issued a 98-page report criticizing the Obama
administration's decision to swap the five former Taliban leaders for
Bergdahl.
Fidell pointed to the fifth page of the report that said the committee would
remain abreast of the disciplinary process and ensure that "Sgt. Bergdahl's
behavior is adjudicated as required." Fidell said he read that as a call to
"hammer" Bergdahl for his actions.
Bergdahl hasn't spoken publicly about his decision to walk away from his
post or his subsequent five-year imprisonment by the Taliban and the
prisoner swap in May 2014 that secured his return to the United States. But
during the past several months, he spoke extensively with screenwriter Mark
Boal, who shared about 25 hours of the recorded interviews with Sarah Koenig
for her popular podcast, "Serial."
Bergdahl says in the interviews that he walked off his base to cause a
crisis that would catch the attention of military brass. He wanted to warn
them about what he believed were serious problems with leadership in his
unit. And he wanted to prove himself as a real-life action hero, like
someone out of a movie.
"As a private first-class, nobody is going to listen to me," Bergdahl says
in the first episode of the podcast, released Thursday. "No one is going to
take me serious that an investigation needs to be put underway."
Bergdahl acknowledges his motives weren't entirely idealistic.
"I was trying to prove to myself, I was trying to prove to the world, to
anybody who used to know me ... I was capable of being what I appeared to be
," Bergdahl says. "I had this fantastic idea that I was going to prove to
the world I was the real thing."
He also discusses the psychological torment of being held captive for years.
"How do I explain to a person that just standing in an empty dark room hurts
?" Bergdahl recounts. "A person asked me, 'Why does it hurt? Does your body
hurt?' Yes, your body hurts, but it's more than that. It's mental, like,
almost confused. ... I would wake up not even remembering what I was."
Source URL: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/bergdahl-face-desertion-charge-general-court-martial | f**********n
发帖数: 29853 | | x****k
发帖数: 2932 | 3 不是普通战俘，全部是重量级头目。奥巴驴也应该上法庭。
【在 f**********n 的大作中提到】
: 这可是总统坚持用好几个战俘换回来的。
| f**********n
发帖数: 29853 | 4 这表现了我们总统坚韧不拔的性格，更加值得我们猫鸡龟甜的尊敬。 | c*******o
发帖数: 608 | 5 这些战俘花了很大代价抓的，而且马上back to battlefield，侯赛因总统真是msl的好
打手。 | T*********I
发帖数: 10729 | 6 奥巴驴被赏72处女。
【在 x****k 的大作中提到】
: 不是普通战俘，全部是重量级头目。奥巴驴也应该上法庭。
| a*********a
发帖数: 3656 | 7
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【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: Bergdahl to face desertion charge in general court-martial
: WASHINGTON (AP) — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the
: Taliban for five years and freed in exchange for five detainees in
: Guantanamo Bay, will face charges of desertion and misbehavior before the
: enemy in a general court-martial, the Army announced on Monday.
: If convicted, Bergdahl could get life in prison on the misbehavior charge
: and up to five years for desertion. He also could be dishonorably discharged
: , reduced in rank and made to forfeit all pay.
: Bergdahl, 29, of Hailey, Idaho, walked off his post in eastern Afghanistan's
: Paktika province on June 30, 2009. He was released in the prisoner swap in
| a*********a
发帖数: 3656 | | j*****v
发帖数: 7717 | 9 為了找這個懦夫，6名陸戰隊員犧牲
【在 f**********n 的大作中提到】
: 这可是总统坚持用好几个战俘换回来的。
| A**H
发帖数: 4797 | 10 也不能说这个士兵是懦夫
他脱队是因为他有信仰 --- 具体是什么信仰不知道，但是他不同意美国的某些政策，
所以脱队走了
再后面是投奔了绿教还是被绿教抓了就不知道了
再后面是真正的交换俘虏还是绿教和奥黑演的双簧就不知道了
反正奥黑大统领用了六个大头目换回来了一个“with honor and distinction”然后调
查之后就被送上军事法庭的逃兵
威武，大统领
【在 j*****v 的大作中提到】
: 為了找這個懦夫，6名陸戰隊員犧牲
| | | j*****v
发帖数: 7717 | 11 有信仰可以不去啊，不用臨陣脫逃還搭上其他人的性命
【在 A**H 的大作中提到】
: 也不能说这个士兵是懦夫
: 他脱队是因为他有信仰 --- 具体是什么信仰不知道，但是他不同意美国的某些政策，
: 所以脱队走了
: 再后面是投奔了绿教还是被绿教抓了就不知道了
: 再后面是真正的交换俘虏还是绿教和奥黑演的双簧就不知道了
: 反正奥黑大统领用了六个大头目换回来了一个“with honor and distinction”然后调
: 查之后就被送上军事法庭的逃兵
: 威武，大统领
| f**********n
发帖数: 29853 | 12 恩，糊涂兄从不糊涂，除了这次把军队和普通公司等同了。
军队福利高，工资高，背后对应的要求也高，不得从军营逃走是其中之一。：)
【在 j*****v 的大作中提到】
: 有信仰可以不去啊，不用臨陣脫逃還搭上其他人的性命
| e*******g
发帖数: 1488 | 13 主要是他的行为造成了6名陆战队牺牲这个事实实在是难以接受。但是如果从法理角度
来说，指挥寻找他行动的指挥官没有错，作出找到他决定的人应当承担一定的责任。
无论怎样，大统领真的是一错再错，确实不能找一个没参加过战争的人来指挥军队，很
多决定真的都是想当然，坐在上万英里远的办公室里面根据自己的心情来决定别人是否
要出生入死。 | f**********n
发帖数: 29853 | 14 同意
做出找到他决定的其实也很难说有错。美军连尸体都要，别说这么一个活人了。
Obama的一意孤行真是滔天大错，他这一换俘决定是在掌握所有信息下前提下做出的。
这种决定，内部一定有异议，要嘛被压制，要嘛他不听。
这一决定，让那六位战士白白牺牲。
希望这叛徒被判罪，以此为基础，调查这位又蠢又犟的总统。
【在 e*******g 的大作中提到】
: 主要是他的行为造成了6名陆战队牺牲这个事实实在是难以接受。但是如果从法理角度
: 来说，指挥寻找他行动的指挥官没有错，作出找到他决定的人应当承担一定的责任。
: 无论怎样，大统领真的是一错再错，确实不能找一个没参加过战争的人来指挥军队，很
: 多决定真的都是想当然，坐在上万英里远的办公室里面根据自己的心情来决定别人是否
: 要出生入死。
| e*******g
发帖数: 1488 | 15 真的是又蠢又犟...
【在 f**********n 的大作中提到】
: 同意
: 做出找到他决定的其实也很难说有错。美军连尸体都要，别说这么一个活人了。
: Obama的一意孤行真是滔天大错，他这一换俘决定是在掌握所有信息下前提下做出的。
: 这种决定，内部一定有异议，要嘛被压制，要嘛他不听。
: 这一决定，让那六位战士白白牺牲。
: 希望这叛徒被判罪，以此为基础，调查这位又蠢又犟的总统。
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