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Former POW Bowe Bergdahl asks for pardon before Barack Obama leaves office
Posted on 12/3/16 at 3:34 pm
Posted on 12/3/16 at 3:34 pm
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U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the former prisoner of war who's accused of endangering comrades by walking off his post in Afghanistan, is asking President Barack Obama to pardon him before leaving office.
White House and Justice Department officials on Saturday said Bergdahl had submitted copies of the clemency request seeking leniency. If granted by Obama, it would allow Bergdahl to avert a court-martial trial scheduled for April where he faces charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, the latter of which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison.
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President-elect Donald Trump was particularly critical of the prisoner deal during the presidential campaign, describing Bergdahl as a "no-good traitor, who should have been executed." Trump has at times held up an imaginary rifle as if he were taking aim at Bergdahl and declared at a Las Vegas rally in October that "30 years ago, he would have been shot."
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Bergdahl's disappearance and the possibility that he might face light punishment angered many in the military, given that his fellow soldiers took considerable risks to search for him. Bergdahl has said he walked off his post because he wanted to cause an alarm and draw attention to what he saw as problems with his unit.
His request to Obama was confirmed by White House and Justice Department officials who were not authorized to discuss the matter by name.
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Posted on 12/3/16 at 3:36 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Firing squad
Posted on 12/3/16 at 3:36 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Frick this weirdo wannabe renegade... Millions of manhours were spent looking for this deserter... what a pathetic person.
Posted on 12/3/16 at 3:36 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
If Obama does it I hope he does it the same day he pardons Hillionaire.
Posted on 12/3/16 at 3:37 pm to bencoleman
I wouldn't execute him, but I wouldn't pardon him either.
Posted on 12/3/16 at 3:38 pm to bencoleman
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Firing squad
Nope. He'll become a martyr. I say we mandate that he have his own 1 hour talk show on MSNBC.
Posted on 12/3/16 at 3:38 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Nobody wants a pardon more than the Army
Posted on 12/3/16 at 3:39 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
I don't blame him for trying but frick that guy. He won't be executed, that's clemency enough.
Posted on 12/3/16 at 3:40 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Request went through DOJ, NOT the chain of command at DOD, which is curious, considering he's in MILITARY custody and subject to the UCMJ.
Posted on 12/3/16 at 3:40 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
If Obama pardoned him Trump should make him Ambassador to Libya.
Posted on 12/3/16 at 4:00 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
frick him
Posted on 12/3/16 at 4:34 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Seems to me that since accepting a pardon is tantamount to an admission of guilt, asking for one should be as well.
Posted on 12/3/16 at 4:36 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
If this dumbass walks, but the US doesn't promise Snowden a fair day in court...
Smdh
Smdh
Posted on 12/3/16 at 5:16 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
If I was BO, I'd pardon him to avoid egg on my face. That's one of the worst prisoner exchanges in US history.
Posted on 12/3/16 at 5:19 pm to Lakeboy7
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Nobody wants a pardon more than the Army
This is absolutely true. 100% true.
By army, we both know we mean senior leaders in the Army and recruiters nationwide.
Posted on 12/3/16 at 5:20 pm to IceTiger
quote:
this dumbass walks, but the US doesn't promise Snowden a fair day in court...
Smdh
be prepared to SYDH brother, cause Snowden is going to be martyred. I don't want that to happen but it will.
Posted on 12/3/16 at 5:22 pm to upgrayedd
quote:Like I said earlier I hope he does it at the same time as he pardons Hillary.
If I was BO, I'd pardon him to avoid egg on my face
The Rose Garden would be a great place to do it, BB and his hippy parents on one side of BO Bill and Hillary on the other.
Posted on 12/3/16 at 5:23 pm to MrCarton
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By army, we both know we mean senior leaders in the Army
You know the Army is fricked up and I know the Army is fricked up but the whole world is about to see just how fricked up it really is.
Posted on 12/3/16 at 5:23 pm to MrCarton
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quote:
Nobody wants a pardon more than the Army
This is absolutely true. 100% true.
By army, we both know we mean senior leaders in the Army and recruiters nationwide.
Please forgive my ignorance, but why do you believe this?
I'm not arguing with you. I just don't understand.
Posted on 12/3/16 at 5:24 pm to johnnydrama
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Please forgive my ignorance, but why do you believe this?
I'm not arguing with you. I just don't understand.
No senior army leader wants the negative press for going hard in Berghdahl. the military works very hard to maintain its image to the public, even if that means compromising their duty to the country.
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