1. Bergdahl Saga To Play on ‘Serial’.
- Author
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OPPEL Jr., RICHARD A. and KOBLIN, JOHN
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PODCASTING , *PRISONERS of war , *MILITARY deserters , *AMERICAN military bases - Abstract
The article discusses U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl who was captured by the Taliban terrorist group in 2009 after he walked away from his military post in Afghanistan, and it mentions how Bergdahl's story is the subject of the second season of the podcast "Serial." It states that Bergdahl was recovered when U.S. President Barack Obama facilitated a prisoner swap involving five Taliban detainees in 2014. Military deserters are examined, along with podcast narrator Sarah Koenig.
- Published
- 2015