Bowe Bergdahl formally charged with desertion.

[Sgt Beavis]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/03/25/bowe-bergdahl-once-missing-u-s-soldier-charged-with-desertion/?hpid=z1

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. soldier who was recovered in Afghanistan last spring after five years in captivity, faces charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, according to his lawyer.

Eugene Fidell, Bergdahl’s attorney, told The Washington Post that his client was handed a charge sheet on Tuesday. Army officials announced they will provide an update in his case at 3:30 p.m. at Fort Bragg, N.C., but declined to discuss new developments ahead of the news conference.

Bergdahl, 28, went missing from his base in Paktika province on June 30, 2009, and is believed to have grown disillusioned with the U.S. military’s mission in Afghanistan. He was held captive in Pakistan by the Haqqani network, an insurgent group allied with the Taliban, until a deal brokered through the government of Qatar was reached last year.

[bcoop]

Put him on a chopper and drop his ass back off in the middle of the desert.

[Denny]

Waited too long and compensated him for the whole time... that'll teach him!

[BP]

Well the good news is that the 5 guys we traded for him only need to stick around Qatar for two more months before they can head to Iraq and start their new jobs.

[Gargamel]

The lengths that this administration will go for a positive headline or something to serve as a distraction from something else is astounding.

Did they really think that the truth wouldn't come out about Bergdahl?

Or does it really matter at this point?

[Ruffdaddy]

At what point has this president taken it too far. This is absurd that he gets away with this.

[GhostTX]

The lengths that this administration will go for a positive headline or something to serve as a distraction from something else is astounding.

Did they really think that the truth wouldn't come out about Bergdahl?

Or does it really matter at this point?

At what point has this president taken it too far. This is absurd that he gets away with this.

Still waiting on Bengahzi...

[bcoop]

Still waiting on Bengahzi...

Don't hold your breath on Benghazi, IRS scandal, VA scandal, etc

[Denny]

Don't hold your breath on Benghazi, IRS scandal, VA scandal, etc

Fast and Furious...

[GhostTX]

$20 Obama pardon's him when he leaves office (assuming he leaves in 2016)?

[Sean88gt]

Solid trade, assholes

[svauto-erotic855]

Everyone forgets that we also gave Yemen $5,000,000,000 as part of the trade to get this guy back.

[jyro]

It's just Obama being a community organizer for the Taliban and ISIS. He's just getting back to his roots.

[Forever_frost]

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Bowe-Bergdahl-Spotted-At-Illicit-Mendocino-County-Pot-Farm-318350721.html

Bowe Bergdahl — the U.S. soldier once-missing in Afghanistan who was accused of desertion — was spotted hanging out at a Northern California marijuana farm during a raid, authorities said.

Bergdahl arrived Friday at a Mendocino County farm, which is located in a remote part of Redwood Valley, about 120 miles north of San Francisco, authorities said. Bergdahl was at the farm on authorized leave and was not involved with the production of marijuana, Mendocino County Sheriff's officials said.

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Held captive by the Taliban for five years, Bergdahl was freed in a controversial prisoner swap that returned five Taliban commanders being held at Guantanamo Bay,

Bergdahl was an "unexpected visitor" in Mendocino County, where he was visiting old friends when the "local dope team arrived on a marijuana raid," according to the The Anderson Valley Advertiser, which first reported the story.

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Bergdahl, who is awaiting military court martial for allegations of desertion, had an Army pass allowing him to be in Mendocino County, the Advertiser reported, adding he was "not connected to the dope grow in any way."

The Mendocino County Sheriff Department confirmed the report to NBC Bay Area, stressing Bergdahl was not arrested during the raid.

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However, the Advertiser reported that military officials were notified and, after "calls all the way up to the Pentagon," Bergdahl was escorted by military personnel sent to Ukiah. Sheriff Tom Allman told the Advertiser that Bergdahl was "above politeness" and even produced his military ID when people from the house he was visiting were being arrested.

[Forever_frost]

Pretty sure I usually hear about instances where if you're there when a drug bust goes down, you go down with it. You don't have the police come out and make a big point that a person there wasn't involved in any way at all