captive by the taliban and later released is set to appear in court in north carolina in the coming hours. he faces charges of desertion and endangering fellow soldiers. nick valencia has more on this controversial case. reporter: by now you ve probably seen this video, a u.s. blackhawk helicopter lands in the middle of taliban-controlled afghanistan. with each passing second, u.s. army sergeant bowe bergdahl takes a step closer to freedom. after five years in taliban captivity and torture, he is finally going home. it s like you re standing there screaming in your mind, in this room, you re standing thinking it s blackened dirt room and it s tiny and just on the other side of that flimsy little wooden door that you could probably easily rip off the hinges is the entire world out there. reporter: that s bergdahl describing his captivity in an interview with a popular
back home was anything but a homecoming. a celebration was cancelled amid bergdahl s release and questions surrounding his disappearance. the frustration was especially expressed by some of bergdahl s platoon who were part of the initial rescue mission. if we would have found him, i think a lot of us would have shot him. if that tells you anything. i tell you with sincerity that we had that much hate towards him. reporter: the army announced this month it will court-martial bergdahl on charges of desertion and endangering fellow soldiers. i made it through the last five years saying the same stupid thing. lose whatever has been keeping me going. reporter: if convicted, he could face life in prison but the court s decision may not matter to that much as though who see bergdahl as either a hero or a deserter. nick valencia, cnn, atlanta. bergdahl s defense attorney
time, the army announced this month it will court-martial bergdahl on charges of desertion and endangering foal le soldiers. i ve made it through the last five years. just kind of seems stupid. lose whatever it is that s been keeping me going. reporter: if convicted he could face life in prison, but the court s decision may not matter much to those who already see bergdahl as either a hero or a deserter. nick valencia, cnn, atlanta. bergdahl s defense attorney slammed the court-martial in a statement saying that he, quote, had hoped the case would not go in this direction, end quote. he noted that the army commander who ruled on the case, quote, did not follow the advice of the preliminary hearing officer who heard eyewitnesses. next, a high school football player dies while saving his friend s life. his heroic act next.
the celebration in his home town canceled amid controversy of his release and questions surrounding his disappearance. president obama wants to justify his hasty bergdahl terrorist swap by claiming the soldier was too sick to wait. then he needs share his evidence with the rest of the country. we don t negotiate with terrorists and the fact is we ve violated that policy. and some of his platoon were part of the initial rescue mission. if we had found him, i thing a lot of us would have shot him. if that tells you anything. reporter: the army announced this month it will court martial bergdahl on charges of desertion and endanger fellow soldiers.
going wrong and somebody being killed. reporter: but what awaited back home was anything but a homecoming. the celebration in his tome town of hailey, idaho, canceled amid controversy of bergdahl s release and questions surrounding hi disappearance. the frustration was especially express ld by some of bergdahl s platoon who were part of the initial rescue mission. if we would have found him i think a lot of us would have shot him, if that tells you anything. i really say that with sincerity that we had that much hate towards him. reporter: despite a military investigator s recommendations that bergdahl not face jail time, the army announced this month it will court-martial bergdahl on charges of desertion and i ve made it through the last five years. reporter: if convicted he could face life in prison, but the court s decision may not matter much to already sieberg daul as either a hero or a