Bergdahl to be charged with desertion, ex-military intel officer says
Published January 27, 2015
·FoxNews.com


The Army has decided to charge Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was released by Taliban-aligned militants last year in exchange for five Guantanamo prisoners, with desertion, according to a former military intelligence officer.

Retired Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer, who now works at the London Center for Policy Research, told Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor" Monday night that he's learned of the military's decision from two sources.

"The Army has come to its conclusion, and Bowe Bergdahl ... will be charged with desertion," he said.

He said Bergdahl's attorney has been given a "charge sheet" outlining the section of the military justice code Bergdahl allegedly violated.

"As a corporate entity, the Army has decided that they want to pursue Bergdahl for this violation," Shaffer said.

Asked for comment on the claim, Army spokesman Paul Boyce told Fox News on Tuesday that there is "no change" and that it is an "ongoing review at this time."

But Shaffer said there's a "huge battle" going on inside the Obama administration by some to "suppress" this development.

"This is shaping up to be a titanic struggle behind the scenes," he said.

Shaffer said the Army "wants to do the right thing" but the White House "wants this to go away."

He said: "The White House, because of the political narrative, President Obama cozying up to the parents and because of he, President Obama, releasing the five Taliban ... The narrative is what the White House does not want to have come out."

Bergdahl was held for five years before his release was secured in 2014.

But while the president joined with Bergdahl's parents in the Rose Garden at the time in celebrating his return home, the prisoner swap swiftly became a matter of severe controversy. Fellow soldiers accused Bergdahl of deserting his post on a base in Afghanistan in 2009. And the trade itself, of his freedom for five Guantanamo prisoners, drew criticism in Congress from lawmakers who said it sent a troubling signal.

On Monday, former diplomat Richard Grenell claimed the administration has "sent the message" that the U.S. will negotiate on such matters. He cited an alleged offer, made around the same time as Bergdahl's release, by the Qatari government to trade two Americans held in Qatar for an Al Qaeda agent held in a U.S. federal prison. The Obama administration denies there was any deal. Those prisoners were ultimately released over the past two months.


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Obama is stonewalling the incitement!



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LOL, check out these two different reports. The glaring differences in bold:

Major General Ronald Lewis, the Army's head of public affairs, said that report, and another from Fox News, were "patently false."

http://www.reuters.com/article...idUSKBN0L02HQ20150127

But Maj. Gen. Ronald F. Lewis, the Army's chief of public affairs, put out a statement Tuesday afternoon calling the reports, including a similar one by NBC News, "patently false."
http://www.foxnews.com/politic...ry-intel-officer-says/

...and your point is?

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What part of LOL don't you understand? The Laugh or Loud? Or, Both? But, since you asked to futher clarify, I find it funny that the two news outlets point the finger at the other for being "patently false".


this journalist caught it also:

Via Bergdahl reporting, two Fox Newses emerge

Like many news outlets, Fox News has a bureaucratic wall separating opinion stuff from news stuff. And as they do at many news outlets, the boundaries occasionally get blurred at Fox News.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/...two-fox-newses-emerge/

What I find funny is that the Army has in fact finished it's investigation long ago and had determined what it is going to do but the only reason the rest of us are kept in the dark is solely due to Obama.

Obama traded 5 top tier terrorists for a known deserter.

Those terrorists are now free to do exactly what they did before...kill our citizens.

Obama is the exact definition of a traitor and has comitted high treason plain and simple.

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Yes, 'Desertion" charges have been filed. His lawyer is crying a river, , , ,

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members of his platoon said he deserted his post from the very start, but Odumbo disregarded this claim, but that's what he does.....disregard the military.

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"Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each" - Henry David Thoreau

Disregarding the military would mean leaving a man captive.

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"The truth is incontrovertible.
malice may attack it,
ignorance may deride it,
but in the end,
there it is." -Sir Winston Churchill

your not captive if you desert your post and run to enemy for comfort and aid.

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http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/27/...earest-base/index.html

CNN reports a development is Bergdhal's defense: he walked off to go to the nearest base to be a whistle blower and report on his unit.

...and you believe that?

I don't. He wouldn't have to leave the base to speak with somebody outside his unit. There is protocol in place for such issues. He abandoned his post and his defense is grasping for straws.

the truth will come out in the court martial and if it isn't what some want to hear, they'll believe what they want anyways.

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He's due some time in the stockade.

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malice may attack it,
ignorance may deride it,
but in the end,
there it is." -Sir Winston Churchill

Until, even after convicted, still a soldier, still one of ours

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malice may attack it,
ignorance may deride it,
but in the end,
there it is." -Sir Winston Churchill

...and still can be executed for desertion and treason.

fool.



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Unlikely that he will get any more than a few more years.
Still more of an American patriot than you.

But signing your posts as "fool" is a great idea.
Accept the appellation with pride!


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ignorance may deride it,
but in the end,
there it is." -Sir Winston Churchill

I think we should give them 5 top Taliban muslims...you being one (you just pretend to be jewish), fool!

Don't think for a second they wouldn't pike your head.

Whats funny is that I speak out for and back-up my country.

You betray her....with your prog vote and your entitlement ways.

Whats even more sad is that you back this piece of crap.

You think his desertion and betrayal of his fellow man and country is just fine!

You're no better than he and deserve the same as he!

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Edited: 03/28/2015 at 11:56 AM by Fish Killer

What a dick!

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And he forgot to sign it as fool.

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malice may attack it,
ignorance may deride it,
but in the end,
there it is." -Sir Winston Churchill

Fool!



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