Republican viciousness continues to grow surrounding the prisoner exchange and release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from the Taliban. Bergdahl's parents are now receiving death threats.
June 7, 2014

Republican viciousness continues to grow surrounding the prisoner exchange and release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from the Taliban. This reminds me of what happened to the Frost family courtesy of Michele Malkin and so many others that are deemed as helping the Democratic party by the right wing media horde.

The FBI is investigating threats against the parents of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the latest development in a case that has put the spotlight on the circumstances surrounding his capture in Afghanistan and release by the Taliban.

"We are working jointly with our state and local partners and taking each threat seriously," FBI Special Agent William Facer told CNN in an e-mail on Saturday.

Facer declined to detail the nature and severity of the threats, and a military spokesperson for the Bergdahls declined to comment.

Bergdahl's parents have not been seen publicly since the announcement last week that the soldier had been freed from five years in captivity at the hands of the Taliban in exchange for the release of five detainees at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.

Huffington Post has more:

The first of the death threats sent to Bob Bergdahl at his home near Hailey, Idaho, was received on Wednesday, the same day the city canceled a planned rally celebrating the release of his son, Hailey Police Chief Jeff Gunter said.

"There were four specific emails with death threats given to the FBI and they are looking into it," Gunter told Reuters in an interview.

Authorities are providing security to Bob Bergdahl and his wife, Jani, but Gunter declined to elaborate on those measures.

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