Psychiatrist: Bergdahl mental disorder factored in desertion
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s difficult childhood and his washout from Coast Guard boot camp stoked serious psychiatric disorders that helped spur him to walk off his remote post in Afghanistan in 2009, a psychiatrist testified Wednesday.
Bergdahl testifies about his experience in Taliban captivity
Gut-wrenching testimony at the sentencing hearing for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will likely continue Tuesday as the deserter’s defense team questions officials who treated and debriefed the soldier following his brutal five years of captivity by Taliban allies.
Bergdahl due back in court with Trump talk looming over case
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl returns to a military courtroom at Fort Bragg Wednesday for his sentencing hearing, where prosecutors plan to present evidence that fellow service members were seriously wounded in a fruitless search for him after he abandoned his post in Afghanistan.
Trump comments concern judge, loom over Bergdahl sentencing
President Donald Trump’s criticism of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has become a factor in the soldier’s sentencing as a military judge weighs the president’s impact on public perception of military justice.
Bergdahl could get life in prison for endangering comrades
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will appear today before a military judge who will determine his punishment for endangering comrades by walking off his post in Afghanistan.
Army Sgt. Bergdahl pleads guilty to deserting his post
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured and held by the Taliban for five years after walking away from his post in Afghanistan, pleaded guilty Monday to desertion and endangering his comrades — charges that could put him behind bars for the rest of his life.
Judge won’t throw out Bergdahl case over Trump comments
President Donald Trump’s campaign-trail criticism of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, while “problematic,” hasn’t prevented the soldier from getting a fair trial on charges that he endangered comrades by walking off his post in Afghanistan in 2009, a military judge ruled Friday.
Judge bars Bergdahl prosecutors from using wounds at trial
Prosecutors were rebuffed from harnessing the most contentious issue surrounding the court martial of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl when a judge ruled out any evidence that soldiers were wounded while searching for him.
Bergdahl lawyers: Trump attacks damage chances of fair trial
Donald Trump’s ideas for punishing Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl include that he “should have been executed,” someone should “throw him out of a plane” without a parachute or he should be dropped in terrorist territory “before we bomb the hell out of ISIS.”
Bowe Bergdahl arraigned at North Carolina Army base
Wearing a dress blue uniform, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl faced a military judge Tuesday for the first time since the U.S. Army decided to proceed with a military trial that could result in a life sentence for his disappearance in Afghanistan in 2009.
Bergdahl says he left base to expose ‘leadership failure’
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl says he walked off his base in Afghanistan to cause a crisis that would catch the attention of military brass.
Attorney: Army officer recommends no jail time for Bowe Bergdahl
An Army officer is recommending that Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl face a lower-level court martial and be spared the possibility of jail time for leaving his post in Afghanistan, his lawyer said Saturday.
Head investigator: Bergdahl shouldn’t go to prison
The officer who led the investigation of Bowe Bergdahl’s disappearance and capture in Afghanistan six years ago says he doesn’t think the Army sergeant should go to prison.
Officers stress dangers involved in search for Bowe Bergdahl
The commanders of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s platoon, company and battalion testified Thursday that his disappearance from his post in Afghanistan six years ago put a strain on their forces and put his fellow soldiers in danger.
Hearing set to debate Bergdahl charges
Lawyers for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who faces military charges for leaving his post in Afghanistan, are likely to argue at his initial court hearing that his years of being held captive by the Taliban were punishment enough, according to legal experts.
Military selects rarely used charge for Bergdahl case
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.
Debate stirs over US-Taliban captive swap
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl can expect a buoyant homecoming after five years in Taliban hands, but those in the government who worked for his release face mounting questions over the prisoner swap that won his freedom.