While Bergdahl’s story had been covered exhaustively, including reports that he had been separated from the coast guard, diagnosed with a schizotypal personality disorder and may not have been fit for duty, Koenig and her team managed to add to the conversation. The story had made headlines years before Serial decided to tackle it. ![]() Even casual news readers had heard the story of the US soldier who walked off his base in Afghanistan, was taken prisoner by the Taliban, held for five years, and only released after the government released five Taliban leaders from Guantánamo Bay in exchange for Bergdahl’s freedom. Season two swapped a relatively obscure murder mystery for a very high-profile desertion – the case of Bowe Bergdahl.
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