Posted on 09/07/2015 2:10:59 PM PDT by ColdOne
full title...Former Taliban captive Bowe Bergdahl hit with charge that has rarely been used since WWII and could mean life behind bars
Military prosecutors have reached into a section of military law seldom used since World War II in the politically fraught case against Army Sgt Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier held prisoner for years by the Taliban after leaving his post in Afghanistan.
Earlier this year Bergdahl was charged with desertion after the deal brokered by the United States to bring him home. And now he has also been charged with misbehavior before the enemy, a much rarer offense that carries a stiffer potential penalty in this case.
'I've never seen it charged,' Walter Huffman, a retired major general who served as the Army's top lawyer, said of the misbehavior charge. 'It's not something you find in common everyday practice in the military.'
Bergdahl could face a life sentence if convicted of the charge, which accuses him of endangering fellow soldiers when he 'left without authority; and wrongfully caused search and recovery operations'.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
I believe the usual method of execution for traitors is hanging...
That may be somewhat dated but it was used for Nuremberg prisoners found guilty of crimes against humanity and also US forces found guilty of desertion under fire. Convicted spies were sent to the gas chamber.
Regards,
GtG
“The All Warrior Network presents a story of soldiers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team 25th Infantry Division (Airborne) defending a combat outpost from a massive Taliban attack on July 4th, 2009, five days after the disappearance of PFC Bowe Bergdahl.”
Indeed
The man is a damned fool and a childish idiot.
Is there not an official White House photographer to do that crap for him?
What a flipping moron.
If anyone was serious about prosecuting Bergdahl, he’d be in jail. He’s not. Yes, he should have been tried and executed when they recovered him, then his dead carcass shipped home to Idaho for his parents to bury or whatever. Instead he is free, collaborating with drug dealers in California. What a great country this is. /s
Amen. Even at my very low end of the totem pole, none of the men I know go around taking selfies like some 14 year old girl. Can’t wait for this faggot to be gone
Drop him in the disciplinary barracks at Levanworth. He’d last about five minutes.
Captive? Hardly.
I believe you still need two eye witnesses to the act. Unless there other soldiers there to testify, he won’t get convicted of treason. Desertion, sure. But not the big one.
Has he contacted ma & pa Bergdahl yet?
To me, that’s the story I want to find out about. Wouldn’t you want to talk to your parents if you’d been a prisoner for 5 years. Ma & pa may have made cozy with BO, but sonny boy wants nothing to do with them. Why?
Are you serious?
With the current ammo shortage?
Wouldn't half the number of rounds be just as good?
Ok, hang him, we can reuse the rope.
president selfie stick; America’s first gay president..
Amen. Fry the bastard.
He should be hit with a charge alright. Why is this traitor still breathing?
This ludicrously idiotic exchange of five foreign enemies for one domestic enemy was negotiated by the same people who now offer us........the Iranian Nuke deal.
Obama could pardon him even if the trial isn’t over...remember that Ford pardoned Nixon who hadn’t even been indicted yet.
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