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mystery-ak:
APNewsBreak: Bergdahl expected to plead guilty, avoid trial

    By josh lederman and lolita c. baldor, associated press

WASHINGTON — Oct 6, 2017, 10:58 AM ET

 Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for half a decade after abandoning his Afghanistan post, is expected to plead guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, two individuals with knowledge of the case said.

Bergdahl's decision to plead guilty rather than face trial marks another twist in an eight-year drama that caused the nation to wrestle with difficult questions of loyalty, negotiating with hostage takers and America's commitment not to leave its troops behind. President Donald Trump has called Bergdahl a "no-good traitor" who "should have been executed."

The decision by the 31-year-old Idaho native leaves open whether he will return to captivity for years — this time in a U.S. prison — or receive a lesser sentence that reflects the time the Taliban held him under brutal conditions. He says he had been caged, kept in darkness, beaten and chained to a bed.

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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/apnewsbreak-bergdahl-expected-plead-guilty-avoid-trial-50325246

Sanguine:
I bet he does want to avoid a trial.  It would be hard to make him look worse, but that's exactly what would happen.

Bigun:
Meanwhile those Obama traded for this POS are still out there killing our young men and women!

driftdiver:
He should hang

Night Hides Not:

--- Quote from: Bigun on October 06, 2017, 03:32:10 pm ---Meanwhile those Obama traded for this POS are still out there killing our young men and women!

--- End quote ---

Susan Rice needs to be interviewed, to give her a chance to "revise and extend " her remarks.

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