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   (Reuters) - The father of Bowe Bergdahl, the Idaho soldier   
   released from captivity in a controversial prisoner swap with   
   the Taliban, has received emailed death threats that authorities   
   are investigating, an Idaho police chief said on Saturday.   
      
   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.   
      
   Bergdahl's release after being held for nearly five years in   
   Afghanistan provoked an angry backlash in Congress among   
   lawmakers over the Obama administration's failure to notify them   
   in advance. Some of Bergdahl's former comrades have charged that   
   he was captured in 2009 after deserting his post.   
      
     U.S. military leaders have said the circumstances of   
   Bergdahl’s capture are unclear, with Defense Secretary Chuck   
   Hagel urging critics to wait for all the facts to be known   
   before rushing to judgment on Bergdahl.   
      
   The threats came as Hailey, a tourist community of some 8,000   
   people in the mountains of central Idaho, was buffeted by   
   hundreds of vitriolic phone calls and emails.   
      
      The celebratory spirit that infused Hailey a week ago with   
   news of Bergdahl’s release turned to apprehension as an   
   onslaught of angry messages were directed at city officials,   
   businesses and friends of the Bergdahls over a hometown rally to   
   mark his freedom planned for June 28.   
      
       As many as 15,000 supporters and protesters were expected to   
   descend on Hailey for an event that would have overwhelmed the   
   resources and infrastructure of the remote mountain town and   
   potentially risked public safety and property, city officials   
   have said.   
      
      Residents of the close-knit community have been surprised and   
   dismayed by an angry backlash that seemed to fault them for   
   seeking to aid the Bergdahls in a time of need, Gunter said.   
      
       “We’ve always come together in tragedy or crisis, whether it   
   be fire or one of our own being a prisoner of war. Whatever the   
   problem is, the community will be there to help the people   
   experiencing it,” he said.   
      
   http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/08/us-usa-afghanistan-   
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