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Soldiers who served with Bowe Bergdahl not yet contacted by military investigators
Fox News ^ | July 2, 2014 | Joshua Rhett Miller

Posted on 07/02/2014 10:04:10 AM PDT by jazusamo

U.S. Army soldiers who were serving with Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl when he left his post and wound up in the hands of the Taliban say no one has contacted them, even though military brass are currently conducting a new investigation into the case.

Several soldiers who immediately came forward after Bergdahl was released on May 31, in a swap for five Guantanamo Bay detainees, have accused the 28-year-old Idaho native of deserting. But even though the Army is probing that very charge, investigators have not reached out to at least two former Army sergeants — including the platoon’s leader — who served alongside Bergdahl on June 30, 2009, when he disappeared from his post in eastern Afghanistan’s Paktika province.

“There’s only a handful of us who were actually there and we haven’t been contacted yet,” former Army Sgt. Evan Buetow told FoxNews.com. “I don’t really know how in-depth they’re trying to get here. I thought we’d be some of the people they’d call. I think they have their mind made up already on what they want people to know.”

Army officials announced last week that a two-star general, Maj. Gen. Kenneth Dahl, is conducting a new investigation to examine whether Bergdahl went AWOL or deserted his post. Legally, a deserter has no intention of returning to his or her post, while a soldier who goes AWOL intends to rejoin. The probe won’t begin until Bergdahl’s reintegration process is complete, and Dahl’s recommendations will ultimately be sent to the director of the Army staff, who could then approve or alter them before forwarding to Bergdahl’s commander.

For Buetow, who is now working in law enforcement after leaving the Army in 2012, the answer to the key question of the investigation remains unchanged.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: army; awol; bergdahl; bowebergdahl; deserter; investigation; traitor; turdoll

1 posted on 07/02/2014 10:04:10 AM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

sniff .. sniff..

yup.. smells like another one..

obama cover-up

anything to get Benghazi off the front page


2 posted on 07/02/2014 10:07:01 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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To: jazusamo

Another coverup by the most inept, incompetent, corrupt and worthless administration ever. It supports the terrorists at every turn. All of these people deserve what traitors have historically gotten. . .


3 posted on 07/02/2014 10:07:44 AM PDT by shankbear (The tree of Liberty appears to be perishing because there are few patriots willing to refresh it.)
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To: jazusamo

This is one of those “investigations” where the outcome is already determined. It’s only necessary to let a decent interval pass between start and finish. No other work is necessary. Do you really think a military officer under Obama would come up with a finding that would embarrass President Vindictive Thin Skin? And, if he did, would it ever see the light of day?


4 posted on 07/02/2014 10:08:49 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: NormsRevenge; shankbear

Quite possible the word from 0bama filtered down, if so it will cause a firestorm. Doesn’t seem likely this is going away.


5 posted on 07/02/2014 10:11:12 AM PDT by jazusamo (Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
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6 posted on 07/02/2014 10:14:46 AM PDT by jazusamo (Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

Gee I’m shocked.


7 posted on 07/02/2014 10:18:45 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: jazusamo

Too bad the liberal globalists didn’t feel this way when Michael New refused to wear a UN patch on his uniform....bedwetter globalists in both parties wanted him dead because he wanted to remain an American soldier

Now, Bowe Bergdahl getting hero treatment for deserting and supporting Islamic Terrorism. Unreal


8 posted on 07/02/2014 10:22:32 AM PDT by DisorderOnBorder (Hollywood...Washington DC for pretty people)
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To: jazusamo

The rug is looking like a camels back with the crap they are sweeping under it! ! ! ! ! ! !


9 posted on 07/02/2014 10:27:12 AM PDT by DeaconRed (Why would ANYBODY want to be President after the mess ZERO is leaving?)
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10 posted on 07/02/2014 10:27:58 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: jazusamo

And they won’t be.


11 posted on 07/02/2014 10:34:57 AM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: jazusamo

They’re going to let the public “cool off” over this one.

Then - in the dead of night - they’re going to give him a General Discharge and hope no one notices.

He’ll become what Jane Fonda has been for the last forty years. That’s what he’ll be for the next forty years.


12 posted on 07/02/2014 10:42:54 AM PDT by Steely Tom (How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
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To: Steely Tom

He’ll come out as gay and everything will be fine.

Target and General Mills will sponsor the cancelled hometown parade.

He’ll jump Ellen’s couch and be on Dancing with the Stars.

After that he’ll run for US Senator for Massachusetts and win after tossing his medals over the White House fence.

Keith Ellison will swear him in on a koran.


13 posted on 07/02/2014 10:47:56 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: Steely Tom

Sadly you’re probably right.

I have a thought where he should be for the next forty years, it’s in fly-over country and he wouldn’t like it.


14 posted on 07/02/2014 10:52:24 AM PDT by jazusamo (Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

Bergdahl, “Obama’s American hero” will need to be put into the witness protection program...as will his parents. Investigators don’t want to hear the truth..this is all political and more low information Americans are “getting it” day by day.
See ya, Hillary.


15 posted on 07/02/2014 11:25:07 AM PDT by sanjuanbob
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To: Steely Tom
And do not forget the blanket pardon at the end. Just like Carter did.

If they do not do a pardon, desertion has no statute of limitations and you can be called back after a discharge for criminal activity.

16 posted on 07/02/2014 11:59:38 AM PDT by fireforeffect (A kind word and a 2x4, gets you more than just a kind word.)
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To: DisorderOnBorder

The authorities will soon tell us, as they did with Brezhnev, Chernenko and Andropov, “Comrade Bergdahl simply has a cold!”


17 posted on 07/06/2014 12:37:50 PM PDT by alstewartfan (The word is on the street growing day by day, Even the informers know to stay away. Al Stewart)
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