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Old November 3rd, 2017 #664
Ray Allan
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Default Bergdahl gets DD, no prison

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More than eight years after Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl walked off his base in Afghanistan--and unwittingly into the clutches of the Taliban--Bergdahl walked out of a North Carolina courtroom a free man on Friday.

Bergdahl, who pleaded guilty to endangering his comrades, was fined, reduced in rank to E1 and dishonorably discharged--but he received no prison time.

As part of the sentence, Bergdahl will forfeit his pay of $1000 per month for ten months.

Bergdahl was shaking and appeared emotional as the verdict was quickly read.

President Trump, aboard Air Force One en route to meetings in Asia, tweeted his disapproval with the sentence.

"The decision on Sergeant Bergdahl is a complete and total disgrace to our Country and to our Military," Trump wrote.

Prosecuters had requested a 14-year prison term following a week of emotional testimony from the survivors who were wounded during missions to find Bergdahl after he left the base in June 2009. Bergdahl'd defense team has asked for no prison time.

Bergdahl faced up to life in prison for desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. Wearing a blue dress uniform, Bergdahl appeared tense during the short morning session. He clenched his jaw as if grinding his teeth, then grimaced and looked at the floor when he walked out of the courtroom.

In closing arguments, defense attorneys argued that Bergdahl already had suffered enough confinement during five years of brutal captivity by Taliban allies. They asked the judge for a dishonorable discharge and no prison time. Their argument for leniency also cited harsh campaign-trail criticism by Donald Trump and Bergdahl's mental disorders.

Capt. Nina Banks, a defense attorney, said it wouldn't be justice to rescue Bergdahl from the Taliban "only to place him in a cell" now.

"Sgt. Bergdahl has been punished enough," Banks added. "Sgt. Bergdahl paid a bitter price for the choices he made."
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2...e-rules-2.html

Bergdahl can get on with his life now. He'll be all right, probably will get a book or movie deal out of this.
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