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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nThe lawyer for Bowe Bergdahl, the private who walked away from his unit and his duties more than six years ago to live with his Haqqani network friends, says that Lieutenant Colonel Mark Visger, the officer who presided over the Article 32 hearing last month, has recommended a Special Court Martial for the special snowflake. A special court martial could result in 12 months confinement, forfeiture of two-thirds of his pay for 12 months, reduction to private E-1 and a Bad Conduct Discharge (known colloquially as a Big Chicken Dinner). Somehow, the media think that the recommendation means that Bergdahl will get no jail time, because Berdahl’s lawyer says so. From Fox News<\/a>;<\/p>\n [Bergdahl’s lawyer, Eugene] Fidell also said that Visger recommended that there be no prison time or punitive discharge against Bergdahl. In light of Visger’s recommendations, the defense is asking that the case be disposed of non-judicially, rather than by any court martial.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Notice that it’s Bergdahl’s dumbass, lyin’ lawyer who says all of this, not the Army. Fidell is asking for an Article 15 (a Captain’s Mast in the Navy) non-judicial administrative venue instead of a court martial. If the Army does decide that’s the way to go, they’re bowing to their political masters and not to the soldiers who spent years looking for the deserter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"