I think the UCMJ is pretty much the same as it was back during Viet Nam. Leave your post during a time of war and you’re guilty of desertion. I would have thought maybe one junior grunt from Gitmo would have been a fair trade, but then you add not consulting congress in the mix……….Whooo Hoo!
Why would you give up prisoners you knew were going to go back to the front lines again just to get your hands on a Pfc so you could court martial him ?
My guess is that Obama thinks that since he’s going to declare victory and leave at the end of the year, he didn’t want to leave any loose ends.
I heard that his (Bergdahl’s) hometown was “postponing” their celebration.