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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Bergdahl pleads guilty to desertion; sentencing on 23 Oct
2017-10-17
[NYTimes] FORT BRAGG, N.C. ‐ Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who walked off his base in eastern Afghanistan in 2009, setting off a huge military manhunt and a political furor, pleaded guilty on Monday to desertion and to endangering the American troops sent to search for him...It will now be up to an Army judge here at Fort Bragg to decide the sergeant's punishment, following testimony at a hearing that is scheduled to begin next week. The desertion charge carries a potential five-year sentence, and the charge of endangering troops; formally known as misbehavior before the enemy; carries a potential life sentence.

In a military courtroom here on Monday morning, Sergeant Bergdahl stood before the judge, Col. Jeffery A. Nance, and described his [Bergdahl's] actions as inexcusable.....

After he [Bergdahl] was freed [in exchange for 5 hard core terrorists], President Obama's national security adviser, Susan Rice, said Sergeant Bergdahl, who was promoted while in captivity, had served with "honor and distinction," and Mr. Obama appeared with his parents at the White House...
[a YouTube of this is here]
Posted by:lord garth

#15  How about when Kimmy is on it?
Posted by: gorb   2017-10-17 23:14  

#14  I can't believe he pleaded to misbehavior before the enemy. What a maroon. He has served 5 years as a pow and would have walked on time served by just pleading to desertion and making the court prove misbehavior. With the misbehavior charge, he will spend many more well deserved years in Leavenworth.

With respect to the comments on the U.S.S. Pueblo, we should scuttle her with the help of a couple dozen SDBs from an F-15E just off shore. She is our ship, U.S. territory, and we can use it for target practice whenever we like.
Posted by: rammer   2017-10-17 21:58  

#13  Soaking the noodle now
Posted by: KBK   2017-10-17 19:02  

#12  If they accept pounds, I suggest at least 8 payments of 1000 would at least cover the interest.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2017-10-17 15:47  

#11  Aren't we in arrears on berthing fees?

John Kerry to the White courtesy day moorage wharf phone please
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2017-10-17 14:38  

#10  "Howz about the Pueblo?"

Aren't we in arrears on berthing fees?
Posted by: OregonGuy   2017-10-17 14:00  

#9  Permanently assign him to the Soetoro Secret Service Detail.

Amen. I can think of a few more I'd like to add to that detail.
Posted by: gorb   2017-10-17 13:21  

#8  Howz about the Pueblo?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2017-10-17 12:58  

#7  The fact that Obama traded the Taliban's equivalent of Chief of Staff and Minister of Intelligence (Fazl and Wasiq) for this confessed criminal and deserter is stunning...and then holds the deserter up as a hero in the rose garden ceremony.

Fazl is a legitimate war criminal that ordered the killing of thousands...and was responsible for the murder of Mike Spann.

This is a failure of Bush as well - the military commissions should have convicted Fazl long ago.
Posted by: Tennessee   2017-10-17 11:03  

#6  #2, you'd have to find a Navy ship unlikely to find itself in a collision at sea. That option has been dwindling rather steeply lately.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-10-17 08:52  

#5  Notice how there was no trial perhaps some physiological chemical and biological testing of him the airforce dude who took a trip with Obama to Kenya and changed his stipes and the little child from the russia NSA paper work engineered lie!
Posted by: Crinegum Ulaigum2776   2017-10-17 07:36  

#4  Piece of shit. We lost Men looking just for you. No remorse and an obama bail out?
The left really is the enemy here, but he is a product of it.

Posted by: newc   2017-10-17 02:57  

#3  He's served his time and will need employment after his conviction and discharge. Permanently assign him to the Soetoro Secret Service Detail.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-10-17 00:36  

#2  Perpetual exile at sea: The Man Without A Country.
Posted by: magpie   2017-10-17 00:31  

#1  Firing squad
Posted by: Chris   2017-10-17 00:21  

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