Wednesday, June 11, 2014

MICHAEL HASTINGS: America's Last Prisoner of War

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/americas-last-prisoner-of-war-20120607

In June 2012, fearless Rolling Stone contributing editor Michael Hastings wrote the definitive first account of Bowe Bergdahl — the young American soldier who was captured by the Taliban and became the last American prisoner of war. Hastings, the journalist who brought down the career of General Stanley McChrystal in these pages, died in a car accident one year later. Bergdahl was freed this weekend. 

Three years ago, a 23-year-old soldier walked off his base in Afghanistan and into the hands of the Taliban. Now he’s a crucial pawn in negotiations to end the war. Will the Pentagon leave a man behind?

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/americas-last-prisoner-of-war-20120607#ixzz34O9UYeWV 
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