NCIS investigation reportedly shows Bergdahl had 'deliberate plan' ...

Fox News ^ | Qpeil 7, 2015

[don-o]

A 2009 NCIS investigation into Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s activities while in Afghanistan reveal that there is clear evidence Bergdahl was “going over to the other side with a deliberate plan,” Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer said on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor" Monday night.

Shaffer, a former military intelligence officer and Fox News contributor, said two senior sources told him that the Naval Criminal Investigative Service investigation included a forensic review of his computer, which show Bergdahl’s apparent intent to travel to Uzbekistan.

“He was going to go off to Uzbekistan,” Shaffer told Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly. “He had made contact with local Afghans and wanted to be moved to Uzbekistan and then made contact with the Russians because he wanted to talk to Russian organized crime ...

[Jean2]

This doesn’t make any sense. NCIS handles navy and marine corps investigations. Bergdahl was Army.

[pfflier]

I've re-read the article several times and don't see any logic to NCIS being involved. There is a line that says NCIS did forensic research on his laptop. Perhaps they were asked to do this by the CID.

I think the general public sees NCIS as (mis)portrayed on TV as an entity like the FBI or CIA. In a possible case of journalistic ignorance that may be the application in this article.

[TADSLOS]

ISAF was a Joint Command in Afghanistan. NCIS was part of that force package.

[T-Bird45]

In a possible case of journalistic ignorance that may be the application in this article.

Noooo, that's never happened before....:-)

[Jean2]

Thank you.