Episode 979 • • 2:58:53 - 3:02:15
979: Donna Gate
Bowe Bergdahl Sentencing, Dishonorable Discharge, Chelsea Manning
Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was demoted to private and given a dishonorable discharge but received no prison time for deserting his post in Afghanistan. The sentence, which includes an automatic appeal, was influenced by President Trump's public comments calling Bergdahl a "traitor." The hosts compare the case to Chelsea Manning's and suggest Bergdahl may have been a CIA asset rather than a simple deserter.