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[83] [84] Vastly different from the popular murder-mystery story that Season 1 investigated, Season 2's focus on the story behind the U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl, who disappeared from his post in Afghanistan in 2009 before being captured by the Taliban and subsequently released in 2014, was contentious due in part to the controversial views of ...
In 2016, Bergdahl's case was the focus of Season 2 of the podcast Serial. [130] On President Donald Trump's inauguration day, Bergdahl's lawyers sought to use the president's words to end the prosecution. Specifically, Trump had denounced Bergdahl during the presidential campaign as a "dirty rotten traitor".
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On June 1, 2014, Fazl, and the other four Taliban prisoners in Guantanamo Bay were released in Qatar in exchange for U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl who had been captured by the Taliban nearly five years previously. Bergdahl later pleaded guilty to the crime of desertion on October 16, 2017. [10]
A federal judge vacated former Army soldier Bowe Bergdahl’s court martial conviction for desertion nearly 15 years after he was captured by the Taliban after leaving his post in Afghanistan. U.S ...
Bowe Bergdahl (born 1986), United States Army soldier, who was held captive from June 2009 to May 2014 by the Taliban; Johan Bergdahl (born 1962), Swedish fencer; Leif Bergdahl (born 1941), Swedish physician and politician; Michael Bergdahl, author and professional business speaker
In an unexpected move, Bergdahl took the stand and apologized to those who were wounded while searching for him after he abandoned his post Afghanistan. Bowe Bergdahl cries and apologizes while ...