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Eugene

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Sat Oct 10, 2015, 03:41 PM Oct 2015

U.S. Army hearing officer recommends no jail for Bergdahl

Source: Reuters

US | Sat Oct 10, 2015 1:36pm EDT

U.S. Army hearing officer recommends no jail for Bergdahl

SAN ANTONIO | BY JIM FORSYTH

The U.S. military officer who headed a hearing in the case of accused deserter Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl recommended that the man held captive by the Taliban in Afghanistan should not be sent to a military prison, Bergdahl's lawyers said.

In a memorandum issued on Friday, Lieutenant Colonel Mark Visger, the presiding officer at the so-called Article 32 hearing last month in San Antonio, recommended "non-judicial punishment" for Bergdahl, the lawyers said.

Military officials were not immediately available for comment.

U.S. military prosecutors told the two-day hearing in September that Bergdahl had intended to desert his post. They said his actions fundamentally altered American operations in Afghanistan and called for him to be held accountable.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/10/us-usa-defense-bergdahl-idUSKCN0S40T020151010
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U.S. Army hearing officer recommends no jail for Bergdahl (Original Post) Eugene Oct 2015 OP
Good... chillfactor Oct 2015 #1
But Donald, he of the "military academy" CanonRay Oct 2015 #2

chillfactor

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Sat Oct 10, 2015, 04:15 PM
Oct 2015

remember the prosecutor said "intended to desert his post." It was never proven. Bergdahl suffered enough in the hands of the Taliban....enough is enough already...

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