{"id":62304,"date":"2015-10-13T13:24:53","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T17:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=62304"},"modified":"2015-10-13T13:25:40","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T17:25:40","slug":"mccain-on-bergdahl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=62304","title":{"rendered":"McCain on Bergdahl"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former POW and Senator John McCain tells the Boston Herald<\/a> that if deserter Bowe Bergdahl only faces an Article 15 like his lawyer said would be an appropriate punishment, well, McCain would then conduct a Senate investigation of the case and the way the military handled the legal aspect;<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it comes out that he has no punishment, we\u2019re going to have to have a hearing in the Senate Armed Services Committee,\u201d said McCain, who chairs the committee. \u201cAnd I am not prejudging, OK, but it is well known that in the searches for Bergdahl, after \u2014 we know now \u2014 he deserted, there are allegations that some American soldiers were killed or wounded, or at the very least put their lives in danger, searching for what is clearly a deserter. We need to have a hearing on that.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, the lawyer, Eugene R. Fidell says that’s command influence;<\/p>\n

\u201cSen. McCain\u2019s comments are deeply disturbing and constitute unlawful congressional influence in a sensitive pending military justice matter,\u201d Fidell said. \u201cThis is particularly troubling because he is chairman of the committee that confirms all military promotions, as well as all nominations to the highest uniformed and civilian positions in the Army.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Keep in mind that it’s only Fidell who has said that the presiding officer at Bergdahl’s Article 32 hearing recommended an article 15. We haven’t heard that from the Army yet.<\/p>\n

I guess it wasn’t command influence when the President released five high-value terrorists and hosted Bergdahl’s parents at the Rose Garden for a press conference. Maybe the lawyer should work harder at keeping his client out of pot-smoking parties, that might prevent some of this command influence.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Chief Tango for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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