Serial Spoiler Alert: Bowe Bergdahl to Face Court-Martial for Desertion
EntertainmentLast Thursday, the wildly popular podcast Serial returned to tell a story that was, in its own right, already wildly popular. Season two is about Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the American soldier who may have deserted his post in Afghanistan in 2009, and who was subsequently captured and held captive by the Taliban for five years. It is an odd choice, given that Bergdahl’s story could advance or become more complex in the week-long interim between episodes—Koenig is in no way able to control the release of information as she was so compellingly able to do in the first season. Of course, that has just happened.
The New York Times reported on Monday afternoon that Gen. Robert B. Abrams, head of Army Forces Command at Fort Bragg, N.C., has ordered that the soldier face a court-martial for desertion and endangering troops.