Posted on 10/10/2015 1:41:51 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A retired military colonel, now a Fox News analyst, has dropped a bombshell in the case of Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. Army sergeant held for five years by the Taliban who is charged with desertion and misbehaving before the enemy.
Retired Col. David Hunt says Bergdahl actually joined the Taliban, and recordings prove it.
Further, he notes the U.S. government has failed to make use of that evidence in the case against Bergdahl, who was returned to the U.S. in a stunning trade for five top terrorists held at Guantanamo.
Appearing on Bill O’Reilly’s Fox News show, Hunt said the Obama administration has tapes proving Bergdahl deserted to the Taliban.
“June 30, 2009, Bergdahl deserts his post in southeast Afghanistan,” he said. “July 1st and 2nd, in a standard briefing to a commander of his unit, Fourth Brigade of the 25th Infantry Division, we have tapes of Taliban talking on Bergdahl’s phone saying that Bergdahl wanted to join them. And we have the Taliban on their own phones talking about Bergdahl trying to join them.”(continued)
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As damning as this evidence may be, I doubt it's admissible in court. And even if it was, a competent defense attorney could have it tossed.
There's no opportunity to cross-examine the people who said this. And, it's trivial to cast this as intentional propaganda by Taliban that KNEW they were being monitored.
I should have read further before I replied -- you are correct. And, I'll reiterate that Bergdahl didn't even say this -- it was a third party of questionable veracity.
That site has some good, and some bad stuff ;)
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