The Bergdahl Case Gets Curiouser and Curiouser

American Thinker ^ | 09/20/2015 | Jonathan Keller

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The odd case of Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl got even weirder during his Article 32 hearing conducted by Army officials Thursday and Friday last week. The Article 32 procedure is the military equivalent of a civilian grand jury, except that the accused has quite a few more rights. Unlike a typical grand jury, the Article 32 is presented before a single hearing officer, not held in secret, allows defense counsel to be present and to cross-examine witnesses, and to call their own. All of this occurred at Bergdahl’s hearing.

Army prosecutors called Bergdahl’s immediate chain of command to testify. They established that Bergdahl left his post without orders, but also that Bergdahl had been “great” soldier until his desertion. Bergdahl’s former platoon leader testified that while he led exhausting patrols to find the soldier following his disappearance, this did not result in the loss of any other troops.

Bergdahl’s former company commander confirmed this. On cross-examination the platoon leader appeared to agree with Bergdahl’s defense attorney that if the soldier had an attitude problem it was that he felt his superiors were not aggressive enough in fighting the Taliban.

Back in 2014 Army investigating officer Major General Kenneth Dahl interviewed Bergdahl. As an active duty soldier Bergdahl could be ordered to sit down for the interview, but might have asserted his 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination, and refused to answer General Dahl’s questions. Press reports indicated that this did not happen, but also did not reveal the content of the interview. Since I found it hard to believe that Bergdahl’s attorneys would allow him to speak to the investigating officer unless he essentially had nothing incriminating to say, I assumed he claimed to have no memory of the events that led to his capture by the Taliban,

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Awesome post, should be a must read for everyone interested in this case because what you said is EXACTLY what the hell is going on here.

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What about the tape that clearly show Bergdahl deserted and worked with the enemy??? Military has the TAPES...