As we posted earlier, CNN, citing a “senior defense official,” reported that Bowe Bergdahl had walked away from his unit in Afghanistan to go to another U.S. outpost to report wrongdoing (a claim which those who served with Bergdahl debunked last year):
Bergdahl was planning to report what he believed to be problems with “order and discipline” in his unit, a senior defense official tells CNN
— CNN NationalSecurity (@NatSecCNN) March 27, 2015
Iowahawk profiles the “senior defense official”:
"Senior defense official" = sleazy West Wing choad happy to smear every soldier in the platoon except Bergdahl https://t.co/0viwBUXS2T
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) March 27, 2015
Sounds more like CNN’s quoting somebody from Bergdahl’s defense.
@iowahawkblog Will later discover "problems with order and discipline" = guys in Bergdahl's unit got openly tired of Bergdahl.
— Poinzy (@FreedomBruce) March 27, 2015
@iowahawkblog Look, the guy was trying to shape up those losers at his base! He only went to the Taliban to get tips on soldiering!
— Mr. Dark (@MrDarkDFW) March 27, 2015
@iowahawkblog @NatSecCNN He was just about to order the Code Red when….
— John Dickson (@jdickson618) March 27, 2015
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Twitchy coverage of Bowe Bergdahl here.