Hugely popular podcast is attempting to solve case of soldier who allegedly abandoned his post in Afghanistan and now faces life in prison - but there are much greater pitfalls this time around,say our panel of journalistic and military expertsOn Wednesday, Maxim (common saying expressing a principle of conduct) magazine broke the news that Serial’s moment season will probably take on the mystery of Bowe Bergdahl, and the army sergeant who left his base in Afghanistan under mysterious circumstances and was then captured by the Taliban. In 2014,he was recovered by the US government in a swap for five Guantánamo Bay prisoners and charged with desertion. He currently faces life imprisonment.
Serial, the podcast made by This American Life, or which became hugely popular final year,will attempt to get to the bottom of the mystery of his desertion. Here, a panel of experts judge how well the Serial treatment will fit this most contentious of cases.
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Source: theguardian.com