US Army Sargent Bowe Bergdahl walked off his post in Afghanistan and spent five years living with the Taliban. When he left, search parties were dispatched and six people were killed while looking for him.
President Obama negotiated an amazing Presidential great bargain - Chuck Norris is jealous (set sarcasm = off) with the Taliban and traded five Guantanamo detainees for Sgt. Bergdahl - he was returned to the United States in Spring of 2014.
He has subsequently been charged with desertion and misbehaving before the enemy.
I wrote about it in these posts.
He is in the news again - from FOX News:
Bowe Bergdahl found during California pot raid, released by officials
Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. soldier who was released in a prisoner exchange in Afghanistan for five Taliban detainees, wound up in the middle of a pot raid earlier this week in northern California.
Capitan Greg Van Patten with the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office told Fox News Thursday that the county’s marijuana eradication team encountered Bergdahl on Tuesday while serving a search warrant on a home in Redwood City, Calif.
Van Patten said Bergdahl was detained, but ultimately was “determined not to be connected to the operation, at least there was no evidence to suggest he was involved.”
When Bergdahl encountered the law enforcement team, Van Patten said he identified himself while the sheriff’s office reached out to the Department of Defense. The agency confirmed Bergdahl was on leave, and asked for their assistance in getting him back.
Sheriff’s office personnel later drove Bergdahl “to a halfway point,” where he met up with army representatives.
I am amazed that the guy was able to walk around - he needs to spend some serious time behind bars. His direct willfull actions caused the deaths of six of our soldiers.