capable of being what i appeared to be. like doing what i did was me saying i am like jason bourn or whatever. like a character? yes, yeah. and so whatever the reason, the military is trying to decide whether or not to court-martial bowe bergdahl for desertion, and i am joined by jean, his attorney, and did you okay knowing these statements were publ public? well, any attorney would say it is confidential information, and would decline to answer and that is my answer unfortunately. okay. i respect that, and i will go this route.
we are counting the minutes until the next episode of serial and what is serial ? it is the most downloaded podcast of all time, and debuts the second season yesterday with this man, sergeant bowe bergdahl who described for his first time publicly the capture by the taliban after leaving his post in afghanistan back in 2009. bergdahl says among other things, he was trying to the live up to a super human image when he made that awful decision. i was trying to prove to myself, and i was trying to prove to myself to anybody used to know me that i was capable of being that person. like a super soldier, you mean? yeah.
system can work. and for the police officers to know to bolster the great men and women out there serving, you have to get rid of the bad once as fast as possible when they come the light. thank you, all three. i appreciate it. it is a hard story to cover, but it is a silver lining that you want to have hope. mark, mel, joey, thank you. when you heard sergeant bergdahl s podcast was airing yesterday, and it detailed the time in captivity, we wondered if his attorney knew that he was doing the interviews? did his attorney approve of doing the interviews? did they know that the interviews would be broadcast for everyone, including you to hear? did he know that potential jurors would hear it, too, if he goes the trial? all of those questions are next. at ally bank no branches equals great rates. it s a fact. kind of like mute buttons equal danger. .that sound good? not being on this phone call sounds good. it s not muted. was that you jason?
circumstances. unfortunately, the army has resisted our request that the interview be made public. we went to court of appeals who turned us down an hour ago on the pending last appeal, and that is going to to go to the district court, but we have been struggling to get the facts out. i wish that the army had made sergeant bergdahl s transcript of his interview, 300-something pages public, and unclassified and help the public understand the entire case. and gene fidell, i could talk to you for days about this one, because it is very unique. i will invite you back, because i have more questions for you when i have more time. can you come back? i will see if i can. i get that answer a lot, too. thank you, gene. appreciate it. you are welcome. still so many questions about this case, and my next guest has
a lot of questions, too, because he served in the same company of bowe bergdahl, and he says that he and his fellow troop would have died for him. and you just heard bo bergdahl answering as to why this interview was public, and some say he might be wanting to sweet anne jury pool, and getting a sympathetic story out to any other soldiers who may sit in the jury box in judgment of him if there is a court-martial, and how you feel about that? well, even if that is the case, he still disobeyed the orders and basic orders, and if he is trying to sweeten up a jury that knows the rules and regulations of the military, it is not going to be working very well. and when you talk about him like talking down the leadership because he felt unsafe, that is something that should be looked at a lot harder, too.