Berget

Vilgot Sjöman referred to him as 'Berget' ( 'The Mountain') in one of his autobiographic novels.

GreenCine Daily 2009

Berget is serving life for attempted murder and kidnapping convictions, and Robert is serving an 80-year sentence for a kidnapping conviction, the American News says.

S.D. prison guard killed in failed escape by 2 inmates 2011

Prison officials released no details about the late-morning escape attempt by Rodney Berget of Aberdeen, S.D., and Eric Robert of Piedmont, S.D., , both 48, who were captured on the prison grounds.

S.D. prison guard killed in failed escape by 2 inmates 2011

When the officer called for a supervisor, Robert started kicking and beating Freeburg and Berget jumped out of the box to join in, the affidavit said.

S.D. inmates accused of killing guard for uniform 2011

Berget has been in and out of South Dakota's prison system since the mid-1980s and is serving life sentences for attempted murder and kidnapping.

S.D. inmates accused of killing guard for uniform 2011

In May 1987, Berget and five other inmates escaped through a vent in the penitentiary's recreation building in the largest escape in state history at the time, the Argus Leader writes.

S.D. prison guard killed in failed escape by 2 inmates 2011

More officers arrived to find Berget still beating Freeburg, investigators said.

S.D. inmates accused of killing guard for uniform 2011

Berget, at twenty-six a skinny, pale man with a straggly beard, had joined the Taliban of his own volition, in 1995.

Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010

Nine years after that dinner with Berget, the White House—now under President Barack Obama—was still trying to defeat the Afghan insurgency, which, rather than die down, had grown stronger with time.

Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010

The reason for his defection, Berget explained, was that many Taliban commanders were Pakistanis or Arabs.

Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010