article_snippet: Bergdahl is "innocent until proven guilty" after the U.S. military charged Attorney with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, but emphasized in an exclusive interview with CNN's Dana Bash that Attorney was more concerned about the circumstances of Attorney release.
article_snippet: Bergdahl's attorney also released a statement on Wednesday, outlining Bergdahl's attorney defense of the soldier and containing a two-page letter from Bergdahl describing the torture Attorney endured, which included months spent chained to a bed and further years spent chained on all fours or locked in a cage.
article_snippet: Shortly after the charges were announced, Bergdahl's attorneys released a lengthy statement that includes a letter sent to Milley earlier this month outlining Bergdahl's attorneys the soldier.
article_snippet: Bergdahl endured, the purpose of Attorney leaving Attorney unit, and Attorney behavior while a prisoner, it would be unduly harsh to impose on Attorney the lifetime stigma of a court-martial conviction or an other than honorable discharge and to deny Attorney veterans benefits," attorney Eugene R. Fidell writes in a letter sent to Milley.
article_snippet: a lengthy statement that includes a letter sent to Milley earlier this month outlining their defense of the soldier includes a two-page accounting from Bergdahl of his time in captivity, in which his recounts months spent chained to a bed, then further years spent chained on all fours or locked in a cage.
article_snippet: Bergdahl said for years his body and health declined due to malnourishment, and sores on his wrists and ankles from the shackles grew infected.
article_snippet: Bergdahl was frequently beaten, at times with copper wire or a thick rubber hose, and forced to watch Taliban videos, his said.
article_snippet: Bergdahl tried a dozen times to escape, his wrote.
article_snippet: Military officials announced Wednesday afternoon Military officials would charge Bergdahl with one count each of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy.
article_snippet: Bergdahl left his post in Afghanistan before being captured and held captive for five years.
article_snippet: Bergdahl faces a military procedure similar to a grand jury that will whether charges are appropriate, Army Col. Daniel King said.
article_snippet: Though the sense had been that Bergdahl must be held accountable for Milley actions, there had been little appetite for a lengthy term in military confinement given the five years Bergdahl was held by the Taliban.
article_snippet: Some members of Bergdahl's platoon have criticized No military member, labeling Bergdahl a deserter.
article_snippet: Upon returning, Bergdahl refused to meet with Bergdahl parents -- and months later, the Army officials had said Bergdahl was communicating with Army officials but still had not met Army officials face to face.
highlights_snippet: Attorney releases Bergdahl's account of Attorney time as a prisoner .