Report: Bergdahl Tried to Escape Taliban Captors Twice | Democracy Now!

7.6.14

Headlines for June 06, 2014 | Democracy Now!: The political firestorm is continuing over the rescue of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for five Guant�namo prisoners. The deal has come under partisan attack amidst reports Bergdahl voluntarily left his base after growing opposed to the war in Afghanistan. The New York Times has revealed a classified military report found Bergdahl most likely walked away from his Army outpost in June 2009 on his own free will, but it stops short of concluding that there is solid evidence that he intended to permanently desert. The report also revealed Bergdahl had wandered away from assigned areas while in the Army at least twice before his capture, including once in Afghanistan. On Thursday, President Obama defended the swap.