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Reporter flanked by his attorney and military police, he afaced a judge for the first time in an arraignment that lasted about ten minutes. He described his right to be trialled before a panel or a military judge. The judge also inquired if he wished to enter any motions or plea at this time. The sergeant deferred all of these decisions to a later hearing. Reporter he held by the taliban for five years after he left his post in afghanistan is charged with desertion and misbehaviour before the enemy, a rare charge that carries a severe punishment including life in prison. He explained his actions in interviews on the pod cast serial. What i was seeing from my unit into afghanistan, all i was seeing was basically leadership failure to the point that the lives of the guys standing next to me were clearly, from what i could see, in danger of something seriously going wrong and somebody being killed. Reporter he said he planned to alert his colleagues then show up at another base days later ....

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