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No Jail Time For Bowe Bergdahl

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl walked out of a military courtroom a free man after a judge ruled on Friday that the former Taliban hostage will not be serving time in prison, according to CNN. Bergdahl was charged with desertion after he reportedly left his post in Afghanistan and was subsequently captured by Taliban soldiers. Bergdahl was […]

By TJ Larson | 5y ago

Bowe Bergdahl Complains U.S. Treating Him Worse Than Taliban, Blames Trump [Video]

Bowe Bergdahl said he is being treated worse now that he is back home in the United States than he was during his years in captivity by the Taliban. The 31-year-old Army sergeant claims at least the Taliban was “honest.” Bergdahl’s comments during an interview with the Sunday Times of London ignited a firestorm of […]

By Tara Dodrill | 6y ago

Judge In Bowe Bergdahl Case Calls Trump Campaign Comments ‘Disturbing’

U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl found himself in front of a military judge today for a pretrial hearing, and all because of Donald Trump. Bergdahl’s legal defense team brought their client before the court to argue that he cannot get a fair trial in his desertion trial due to repeated defamatory comments made by Trump […]

By Patricia Ramirez | 6y ago

Bowe Bergdahl Case: Screenwriter Mark Boal Sues U.S. Government Over Subpoena Threat

The Bowe Bergdahl case is facing more public scrutiny with Oscar-winning Screenwriter Mark Boal filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Government over his interview tapes with Bergdahl. Boal, the screenwriter of Zero Dark Thirty and The Hurt Locker planned to make a movie about the Bergdahl case along with director Kathryn Bigelow, and had taped […]

By Jaimie Marshall | 7y ago

Bowe Bergdahl Trial Postponed Until Next Year

The court martial of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has been postponed until February 2017, at which time the country will have a new commander-in-chief. The presiding judge for the U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, made this ruling earlier this month after a pre-trial hearing in the case, in […]

By Robert Jonathan | 7y ago

Donald Trump Could Be Called Upon To Testify In Bowe Bergdahl Court-Martial, Attorneys Suggest Candidate Is Influencing Case

Donald Trump knows his way around a courtroom. Indeed, the notoriously litigious billionaire tycoon has been both a plaintiff and a defendant in a slew of high-stakes civil lawsuits during his checkered life in the arena of big business. But his controversial run for president now seems to be moving the GOP frontrunner into new […]

By Mike Bessler | 7y ago

‘Is Obama Gay’? Michelle And Barack Have Afghanistan’s Taliban Sounding Like Joan Rivers, Claims Bowe Bergdahl

Is Barack Obama gay? Bowe Bergdahl is claiming that the Taliban in Afghanistan asked him that very question while he was being held captive by the group. The Islamic terrorist organization apparently became quite bored sometimes, reaching the point where they discussed the rumors that Barack avoided Michelle Obama to sleep with men. While such […]

By Patrick Frye | 7y ago

Bowe Bergdahl Faces Court Martial And A Lifetime Behind Bars For Desertion

On June 30, 2009, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl left his outpost in eastern Afghanistan with lofty aspirations to blow the whistle on his superiors’ poor leadership. In about a day, the Taliban found him, locked him a pitch-dark cell, and beat him with rubber hoses and copper cables for the next five years. Bergdahl just spoke […]

By Shelley Hazen | 7y ago

New Season of ‘Serial’: Former Taliban Prisoner Bowe Bergdahl Talks Publicly For The First Time

The new season of Serial began Thursday, putting an end to months of waiting for millions of fans around the world. Journalist Sarah Koenig’s first season of the podcast ended just under a year ago and was hailed as a record-breaker with more than five million iTunes downloads, as reported by the Guardian. So big […]

By Charlotte Sexauer | 7y ago

Bowe Bergdahl: Obama Administration Misled Congress, New Report Finds

Congress says the President Barack Obama administration misled them during the Taliban Gitmo detainees trade for Bowe Bergdahl. A recently-issued 98-page report by Republican members of the House of Representatives maintains that the administration did not provide the governing body the 30 days before the release of the prisoners as required by the National Defense […]

By Tara Dodrill | 7y ago

Bowe Bergdahl: No Jail Time Is Needed, Claims Attorney For Soldier Accused Of Desertion

Bowe Bergdahl should not face any jail time, Major General Kenneth Dahl said. The Army sergeant accused of desertion appeared in a standing-room-only courtroom at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio on Friday. Bergdahl walked away from his post and was held captive by the Taliban in Afghanistan for six years. He was released after […]

By Tara Dodrill | 8y ago

Bowe Bergdahl Won’t Testify At Article 32 Hearing As Lead Investigator Calls For No Jail Time

Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl attended his Article 32 hearing to determine if he faces court martial. An Article 32 hearing is a preliminary hearing to determine if there is sufficient evidence to send the accused to court martial (it is similar to a grand jury hearing). According to a press release from the U.S. Army, […]

By Jinger Jarrett | 8y ago

Alicia Silverstone’s Green-Thumb Brother Nabbed For Growing Pot — Reportedly Had License

Perhaps David Silverstone’s thumb was a bit too green. The big brother to actress Alicia, who often boasted about his prowess with plants on social media, was arrested Tuesday for growing pot. The arrest came after police raided her brother’s farm in Redwood Valley, California, seizing 181 plants, People reported. Alicia’s big bro was charged […]

By Shelley Hazen | 8y ago

Bowe Bergdahl Found At Pot Farm In California During Marijuana Raid

Bowe Bergdahl is free to roam as he pleases while awaiting a court martial on treason charges, and he chose to spend some time at a pot farm in California. President Obama traded five Gitmo Taliban detainees for the return of Bergdahl, who was caught in the middle of a pot raid at the marijuana […]

By Tara Dodrill | 8y ago

Bowe Bergdahl Speaks For First Time Since Being Labeled A Deserter

Bowe Bergdahl is speaking out for the first time since being deemed a deserter by the United States government. The man who allegedly walked away from his post in search of the Taliban is claiming that he was threatened with execution, kept chained inside a cage, and blindfolded during his five years in captivity. Some […]

By Tara Dodrill | 8y ago

Hillary Clinton On Bowe Bergdahl: It Doesn’t Matter If He Was A Deserter

Potential presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, the former Secretary of State, claimed in a prior interview that it didn’t matter if Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl deserted his post in Afghanistan. Last May, Bergdahl was exchanged for five Taliban commanders who were held by the U.S. at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center in Cuba. Today, in the culmination […]

By Robert Jonathan | 8y ago

Bergdahl: Senator Says Jihadists Swapped For U.S. Troop ‘In Touch’ With Al-Qaida Affiliate

Bowe Bergdahl exited Taliban captivity in exchange for the U.S. releasing five jihadists to the government of Qatar, and now a U.S. senator claims those jihadists are “in touch” with an al-Qaida affiliate, which would confirm the fears of critics who objected to the deal made by the Obama administration. CNN reported on January 29 […]

By Paul Hair | 8y ago

Taliban Not A Terrorist Group, But ‘Armed Insurgency,’ White House Spokesman Says

On Wednesday, the Deputy White House Press Secretary declared that the Taliban is not a terrorist group, but an “armed insurgency” organization and clarified that ISIS qualifies as a terrorist group, creating a wave of backlash from conservative quarters. The eyebrow raising comments came during the daily briefing on Wednesday, when ABC News reporter John […]

By Patricia Didelot | 8y ago

Bowe Bergdahl: Desertion Charges Will Be Levied Against Soldier, According To Bill O’Reilly’s Show

Bowe Bergdahl will be charged with desertion for leaving his Army post in Afghanistan in 2009. Bergdhahl was awarded the rank of sergeant during the five years he was held captive by the Taliban. President Obama, without the approval of Congress, traded five Taliban prisoners being held at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, […]

By Tara Dodrill | 8y ago

Al Qaeda Prisoner Swap: Was Sleeper Operative Released In Exchange For Americans?

Alleged sleeper Al Qaeda terrorist Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri was released as part of a prisoner swap to bring an American couple detained in Qatar home, according to a former U.S. diplomat. The prisoner’s release from a maximum security federal prison in Colorado earlier this month is causing controversy because it comes after the Al […]

By Patricia Didelot | 8y ago

Bowe Bergdahl Investigation Concludes, Pentagon Officials Briefed

The Army has concluded its lengthy investigation into the disappearance of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in Afghanistan, and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has been briefed on the matter ahead of the filing of any possible charges. Details of the investigation have been closely held, according to the Daily Mail, yet they are likely to establish whether […]

By Dustin Wicksell | 8y ago

ISIS: Gitmo Detainees Returning To The Battlefield

ISIS ranks reportedly increased by about 30 after former Gitmo detainees traveling to Syria to join the Islamic State. Approximately 620 Guantanamo detainees have been released in the last three years, approximately 180 of the suspected radical Islamic militants have reportedly found their way back to the battlefield in the Middle East. Some of the […]

By Tara Dodrill | 9y ago

Bowe Bergdahl Investigation Completed, But Results Will Not Be Released

Bowe Bergdahl, traitor or misguided AWOL soldier? These are the questions circling the mysterious prisoner swap that President Barack Obama made earlier this year. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl went missing in Afghanistan in 2009, only to surface years later in videos with the Taliban. Five high-level Guantanamo Bay terrorist detainees were traded for Sgt. Bergdahl, according […]

By David Joseph | 9y ago

U.S. House Resolution Condemns Bowe Bergdahl Prisoner Swap As Illegal

In a purely symbolic act, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a non-binding resolution to condemn President Obama for exchanging five Taliban leaders for Bowe Bergdahl. Although the bill will most likely not be considered in the Senate, the resolution exposed fractures in the Democratic party. House leader John Boehner published this press release about […]

By Justin Streight | 9y ago

New Revelation: Bergdahl Swap Was Illegal

Congressional investigators from the nonpartisan U.S. Government Accountability Office announced today that Obama’s Department of Defense (DoD) violated the law in two ways earlier this year “when it swapped Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl” for five seasoned Taliban soldiers, reports the Associated Press. First, in making the Bergdahl swap, the DoD violated the 2014 Department of […]

By Vivek Saxena | 9y ago

Bowe Bergdahl: Platoon Mates’ Book Nixed By Publisher Over Obama Backlash Fears

Bowe Bergdahl’s former platoon mates grew tired of feeling their voices were being stifled and wrote a tell-all book about the man they call a deserter. The book was turned down by Simon and Schuster’s Atria Books on political grounds. A shocking email from the editor to Bergdahl’s former fellow soldiers cited fears that Republicans […]

By Tara Dodrill | 9y ago

Bowe Bergdahl May Return To Active Duty Today

Bowe Bergdahl is slated to return to active duty as early as today. As previously reported by The Inquisitr, Sergeant Bergdahl was held by the Taliban for five years and was recently exchanged for five Guantanamo detainees, sparking immense backlash in the process. Bergdahl will take a position at Army North headquarters in Fort Sam […]

By Tara Dodrill | 9y ago

Bowe Bergdahl Shown Smiling With Taliban Captor In Photo

Was he there because he was kidnapped and held hostage? Or was he a deserter who willingly left his military post and joined Taliban fighters? The questions are still being answered while the U.S. Army investigates the circumstances surrounding Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s captivity in Afghanistan, following President Barack Obama’s exchange of five Guantanamo Bay prisoners […]

By Ryan Anthony | 9y ago

Billings Gazette Apologizes For Barack Obama Endorsement

The Billings Gazette apologized for endorsing Barack Obama during the 2008 campaign. An editorial published in the newspaper was entitled, “Gazette opinion: Obama earned the low ratings.” The Gazette went on to compare President Obama to President Richard Nixon. The newspaper apology over the Obama endorsement listed in detail the mistakes the editorial staff felt […]

By Tara Dodrill | 9y ago

Chuck Norris Slams President Obama And Prisoner Of War Exchange

Chuck Norris is famous for his skills in martial arts and his written column about President Obama certainly won’t go down easily without a fight. Norris recently decided to let the world know exactly how he feels about President Obama’s prisoner of war exchange in a two-part column. Without pulling any punches, Norris had quite […]

By Lisa Carley | 9y ago

Bowe Bergdahl’s Father Bob Bergdahl Harassed Sisters, Left Creepy Notes, Claims New Report

A new report by the Mail Online has made shocking revelations about the father of controversial US Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl. The father of the embattled POW, Robert Bob Bergdahl according to the report, drove by the home of two sisters residing at Hailey, Idaho multiple times a day and left creepy notes addressed for […]

By Rahul Srinivas | 9y ago

Daughter Of First American Killed In Afghanistan Learns Bergdahl Swap Set Marine’s Killer Free

The daughter of the first American killed in Afghanistan just learned that one of the Taliban leaders freed in the Bowe Bergdahl swap was her father’s killer. Alison Spann was only 9-years-old when her father, a Marine turned CIA operative, was killed in the Afghanistan war. Michael Spann was killed during a prison uprising while […]

By Tara Dodrill | 9y ago

Bowe Bergdahl Arrives Home In US

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has arrived safely home in the United States, landing in Texas after five years in captivity in Afghanistan. Bowe Bergdahl‘s return to the US has been complicated by a number of factors, and initially, the soldier was taken to Germany to recuperate following his lengthy ordeal. Following news Bergdahl had been recovered […]

By Kim LaCapria | 9y ago

John Boehner: Bergdahl Swap Will Cost American Lives, Obama To Blame

John Boehner said the Bowe Bergdahl swap will cost American lives, taking aim at President Barack Obama for releasing five Taliban detainees to free the kidnapped U.S. Army sergeant. Boehner joined the growing number of politicians criticizing Obama for the prisoner swap that allowed Bergdahl to go free this week. Boehner said there was “no […]

By Nathan Francis | 9y ago

Differing Accounts Of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s Torture and Captivity Come To Light

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was held in a metal cage in darkness for weeks and possibly months in retaliation for one or possibly two failed escape attempts, according to The New York Times. Bergdahl is currently undergoing treatment at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany. He has been assigned a team of doctors and specialists […]

By Mathew Turner | 9y ago

Impeach Obama? Judge Jeanine Pirro Says It’s Go Time [Video]

Impeach President Obama over Bowe Bergdahl? That’s the proper step following the controversial Bowe Bergdahl prisoner swap, according to Judge Jeanine Pirro. The Fox News legal analyst, a former judge, prosecutor and Republican congressional hopeful previously called for impeachment over the Benghazi terrorist attack and alleged coverup. The outspoken Pirro reached this conclusion in yet […]

By Robert Jonathan | 9y ago

Bowe Bergdahl Refuses To Speak To Parents [Report]

The recently released hostage, Bowe Bergdahl is reportedly refusing to speak to the parents who worked so hard to obtain his release and appeared alongside President Obama shortly after the announcement that the Taliban had released him was made in the Rose Garden. Bergdahl’s release has been surrounded by a storm of controversy stemming from […]

By Patricia Didelot | 9y ago

Bowe Bergdahl Controversy: Fox News Panelist Blasts ‘Craven’ GOP ‘Flip-Flop’ On Release

The Bowe Bergdahl controversy spilled over onto Fox News, where opinion among commentators until Sunday morning has been mostly overwhelming in its condemnation of the release of the American POW in exchange for five Taliban-connected prisoners who had been held for about a decade in Guantanamo bay. But during a panel discussion on Fox News […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 9y ago

Bowe Bergdahl Parents Get Four Death Threats, FBI ‘Taking Each Seriously’

The parents of freed American POW Bowe Bergdahl have received four emailed death threats, and the FBI says that it is “taking each threat seriously.” The emails arrived amidst a media firestorm in which the soldier who was held prisoner by a Taliban-affiliated Afghan insurgent cell for five years has been branded a “deserter” and […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 9y ago

Bowe Bergdahl Says He Was Tortured And Kept In A Cage By Captors

According to an unnamed US official, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl told military officials that he was held in a cage, beaten, and tortured by his Taliban captors in Afghanistan after he attempted to escape. Washington Post said the official spoke in anonymity since he is not authorized to disclose any information Bergdahl discussed with authorities. Bergdahl […]

By Bingo Ventura | 9y ago

Susan Rice Not Putting Points On The Board With Bowe Bergdahl Situation

Susan Rice recently described her mission as National Security Advisor as “trying to put points up on the board” for President Obama and his administration, but anyone can see the former point guard isn’t scoring any points with her handling of the Bowe Bergdahl situation. Video and audio clips of Rice stating that Bowe Bergdahl […]

By Scott Rutherford | 9y ago

Allen West: Bowe Bergdahl Taliban Trade Was Meant To Get The VA Scandal Off The Front Page

Allen West claims the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five Taliban commanders was an attempt to take the Veterans Affairs hospital scandal out of the news headlines. The VA stands accused of cooking the books in the form of secret waiting lists for military vets requesting doctor’s appointments and other treatments. Allegedly, 40 vets […]

By Robert Jonathan | 9y ago

Bowe Bergdahl Platoon Members Tell Megyn Kelly He Deserted, Should Be Court Martialed [Video]

Six US soldiers from Bowe Bergdahl’s Afghanistan 30-member platoon unanimously told FNC’s Megyn Kelly that he was a deserter from their frontline outpost and should be court martialed by the Army. The GIs also stressed that Bergdahl needs to have an opportunity to give his side of the story for “closure” and receive all due […]

By Robert Jonathan | 9y ago

Susan Rice Defends Controversial Bergdahl Comments

National Security Advisor Susan Rice is standing behind controversial remarks in which she said Bowe Bergdahl served with “honor and distinction” in Afghanistan. Speaking to CNN’s Jim Acosta Friday morning (June 6) at the 70th Anniversary celebration of D-Day in Normandy, France, Rice acknowledged that there has been significant controversy over the remarks, Politico reports: […]

By Dustin Wicksell | 9y ago

Rand Paul: Trade Democrats Instead of Gitmo Prisoners For American POW

US Sen. Rand Paul has an idea — instead of trading five inmates housed at Guantanamo Bay for American Bowe Bergdahl, President Barack Obama should have traded five Democrats. The Kentucky Republican and potential 2016 presidential contender threw out the idea on his Twitter account. “Mr. President, let’s set up a new trade. Instead of […]

By Ryan Anthony | 9y ago

John McCain Supported Exchange For Bowe Bergdahl Until It Happened

John McCain, a former prisoner of war himself, once supported exchanging prisoners from Gitmo for the ailing Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, only “flip-flopping” when the successful rescue of the recently liberated POW came to pass. In the five years Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl remained in captivity in Afghanistan, the circumstances of his capture (and the many rumors […]

By Kim LaCapria | 9y ago

Andrew Tahmooresi: Shield Tactical Organizing Ride To ‘Go Get Our Marine Back’

Andrew Tahmooressi was sent a heartfelt virtual message by an American patriot organizer, “Help is on the way.” John Harrington of Shield Tactical is planning a biker ride to the Mexican border to force pressure on authorities to release the United States Marine who took a wrong turn with legal guns in his car. The […]

By Tara Dodrill | 9y ago

Charles Krauthammer Supports Obama’s Bergdahl Deal

The Obama Administration found support coming from one of the most unlikely places on Wednesday – Fox News columnist Charles Krauthammer. As The Inquisitr has previously reported, the Obama administration has been the subject of criticism following the exchange of Five detainees for Army Sargent Bowe Bergdahl, a prisoner of war. While Fox News has […]

By Dustin Wicksell | 9y ago

6 Soldiers Died Looking For Bowe Bergdahl According To Troops, Who Were They?

The release of former hostage Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for five detainees from Guantanamo Bay created outrage in some military quarters, especially among the men who fought alongside him, many of whom claim he is a deserter, who allegedly caused 6 soldiers to die following his disappearance. What bothers many former members of the […]

By Patricia Didelot | 9y ago

Details Leak On Bowe Bergdahl Capture, Circumstances Of His Disappearance

Debates over the rescue of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl have reached a fever pitch in the media, as rumors that the soldier was a deserter gain traction with certain media strongholds. As The Inquisitr reported yesterday, tweets lauding Bowe Bergdahl’s return home were hastily deleted by lawmakers ostensibly motivated by political gain after a strong anti-Bergdahl […]

By Kim LaCapria | 9y ago

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