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Scaredity cat and seems like a guy who does not have a strong will to do anything. so if his friend, his neighbor decided to say lets go shoot at some cars, he might go along. >> reporter: one counter terrorism expert says the highway plot was flimsy and wouldnt have inflicted the mass casualties that an attack in an enclosed space would have used. they say even if not many people were killed on the highway it would have generated massive news coverage and had a huge psychological affect in a pl...

Bergdahl after he was traded to other taliban forces. he was basically tortured for five years. how much will that play into this court-martial process, colonel? >> i believe it should play quite a bit if we get to a sentencing phase. its very important to caution all that right now sergeant bergdahl is presumed innocent. we have had the acquittal -- excuse me, the arraignment happened today. following that it will go to trial and there are two main phases in that military trial. a findings phas...

Intentionally not trying to make eye contact with the people inside of the room. he showed up in dress blue, and clean shaven and clean shaven head, and his hair was so short that you could see a scar on his head. and perhaps from his captivity. and he responded sir, yes, sir, to a majority of the questions. he did not enter a plea today. and he also deferred whether or not he wanted a trial by jury or judge, and finally, he waived the right to the hear the for mall charges read to him in a cour...

Interestingly enough and curiously enough comes after a new audio was released in i popular podcast called serial where we hear bergdahl in his own words why he decided to leave that day. thats caused a lot of chatter. not just across the country and news rooms but with military sources weve spoken to. its no secret a lot of his platoon members were deeply furious at the fact that bergdahl walked off his base. they felt they were -- you know, can only count on the person to their left, to the ri...

A away from the base post in afghanistan and he walked right into the hands of the taliban. they held him in captivity for nearly five years, but he was finally freed last year. after the united states released five taliban detainees in what was a very controversial prisoner exchange. u.s. army spokesman colonel daniel king addressed the media about the days hearing. >> today, the army judge fredrick d. fredrickson convening a hearing here on the campus of fort bragg. the judge inquired on the r...

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 youve 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...

Thats bergdahl describing his captivi captivity. >> its serial one story told week by week. >> host sarah koenig chose bergdahl as the focus for the second season. a man who was discharged from the coast guard for psychological reasons only to be put in the army. >> all i was seeing was basically leadership failure to the point that the lives of the guys standing next to me were literally from what i could see in danger of something seriously going wrong and somebody being killed. >> reporter: s...

Cnns nick valencia has details. >> reporter: by now youve probably seen this video, a u.s. black hawk 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. >> like youre standing there screaming in your mind, in this room youre standing in this blackened dirt room thats tiny and just on the other side of that floozy li...

There screaming in your mind. in this room youre standing like in this blackened dirt room and its tiny and on the other side of that flimsey door is the entire world out there. >> thats bergdahl describing his captivity. >> from his american life, its cereal, one story told week by week. >> reporter: she chose bergdahl as the subject and we get a chance to hear from bergdahl from himself. and bergdahl says as a 23-year-old private, he didnt feel like his concerns would be taken seriously. >> al...

Finally going home. >> its like youre standing there screaming in your mind. and in this room youre standing in this blackened dirt room and its tiny and just on the other side is the entire world out there. >> reporter: that is bergdahl describing his captivity in an interview with a popular podcast serial. in it, we get a chance to hear from bergdahl for ourselves, a man who was discharged from the coast guard for psychological reasons only to land in the u.s. army under what he calls inept le...