Pentagon officials have now said that a 2010 investigation into Sgt. Bergdahl’s disappearance, classified “secret,” said that he walked away from his post.
IntelCenter image on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010, shows a frame grab from a video released by the Taliban containing footage of a man believed to be Bowe Bergdahl (left).
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Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, 28, was released from the Taliban on Saturday in exchange for five top prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, but how he became a POW has remained a focal point with many former battalion members accusing him of being a deserter and even a traitor, who deserves to be punished based on the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Pentagon officials have now said that a 2010 investigation into Bergdahl's disappearance, classified "secret," said that he walked away from his post, while stopping short of concluding he was a deserter.
Multiple outlets have reported that at least six soldiers died in reconnaissance missions to locate Bergdahl after he disappeared.
Jani and Bob Bergdahl speak to the media during a news conference at Gowen Field in Boise, Idaho, on Sunday, June 1, regarding their son, Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.
AP Photo/Otto Kitsinger
Former members of Bergdahl's battalion have said his abandoned outpost was discovered with his helmet, rifle, body armor, and web gear left in a neat stack. Bergdahl also left a note at the base the night he disappeared in 2009, Fox News and ABC News reported.
The note allegedly described Bergdahl's disillusionment and said he wanted to renounce his citizenship. Bergdahl speculates in the note that there is a better way, and he might have gone out on his own to solve problems with which the U.S. military struggled for years. Fox News reported that some officials who read the investigation document said there was no reference in that report to a letter.
Previous emails uncovered by the late journalist Michael Hastings in 2012 revealed that Bergdahl told his parents that he no longer supported the U.S. effort in Afghanistan.
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