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Bergdahl had deserted before & officers KNEW he was a risk: Classified report reveals Army’s fears..
The London Daily Mail ^ | June 4, 2014 | Michael Zennie

Posted on 06/04/2014 8:07:17 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

A U.S. Army investigation found that Bowe Bergdahl had walked away from his post at least once before his capture - and that other soldiers in his unit knew he was a flight risk.

The 2010 report, called an AR15-6, is still classified, but it appears to confirm allegations that the former prisoner of war violated military regulations - and that the Pentagon knew it all along.

The revelation, attributed to anonymous sources by the Military Times, comes as the nation's top general, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey, acknowledged the growing cloud of suspicion hanging over Bergdahl.

The Military Times report says that investigators who looked into the June 2009 capture of Bergdahl found that several soldiers from his unit said he had talked openly about wanting to leave the forward operating base where he was stationed.

They found he may have left the base at least once before, as well.

'We have no indication that he intended to leave permanently,' an official told the Military Times.

However, a different source described as a former senior military official, told the New York Times that Bergdahl left a startling note in his tent saying that he no longer supported the Army mission in Afghanistan and that he was leaving to start a new life.

Even amid the mounting evidence that Bergdahl left his post, military law experts told the Military Times that it was unlikely Bergdahl would be court martialed and imprisoned....

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; bergdahl; obama; taliban
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To: Cementjungle

Sergeant Major of the Army?

61 posted on 06/04/2014 9:44:33 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2Million USD for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: novemberslady

The Daily Mail has a video of the handover and tons of pictures.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2648208/Taliban-releases-video-showing-U-S-deserter-Bowe-Bergdahl-handed-US-forces-armed-guards-holding-white-flags.html


62 posted on 06/04/2014 9:50:01 AM PDT by IM2MAD (IM2MAD=Individual Motivated 2 Make A Difference)
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To: jacknhoo
Thank you, Lord, for foreign media. America would be in the dark.

Under the new improved First Amendment, foreign media will be banned in the US, and the internet will be as tightly controlled and monitored as TASS and PRAVDA in the old USSR.

63 posted on 06/04/2014 9:52:45 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (This is known as "bad luck". - Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: Dr. Ursus

What im loving about all this is that the libs and Osama are falling all over themselves to defend this creep traitor who joined the taliban and the more the truth comes out the more it blows up in their faces and the crazier they get. Its pure entertainment on dem websites. I havent laughed so hard watching them scramble in a long time. This will be their doom.


64 posted on 06/04/2014 10:17:22 AM PDT by tstover2 (Osama, Obama. Whats the difference?)
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To: publius911
Will the TWO promotions granted to the traitor while he was aiding the enemy be rescinded and all pay recovered? ...WILL HIS PENDING THIRD PROMOTION STILL GO THROUGH?

You raise troublesome questions but, sadly, we can accurately predict the answers.

The Army had full knowledge of his conduct at the time of the promotions by reference to its "thick" classified file - a file apparently opened prior to his jumping the wire. Notwithstanding the information now available to the public, it would seem almost impossible, from a credibility standpoint, for the Army to reverse those promotions or any scheduled for the future.

Until we get a Republican in the oval office, if the Army did "reopen" its files, the current CinC would not allow any reconsideration or change in status.

He was a Pfc. when he tried to renounced his citizenship and jumped the wire. Referring to him as a "sergeant" must infuriate most active duty sergeants.

65 posted on 06/04/2014 10:35:01 AM PDT by frog in a pot (The 2dA didn't grant a right - it preserved an existing right & was required to obtain ratification.)
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