You would’ve thought having an entire mega-popular podcast dedicated to their case would’ve been enough to “counteract negative publicity”. But, apparently not.

Because on Wednesday Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s lawyers released documents that revealed a number of interesting, much-talked things, including his explanation and reasoning as to why he left his post in Afghanistan in 2009 and, yes, a diagnosis for a mental illness.

According to the “new” information, Bergdahl told a general investigating his desertion that he wanted to stir things up by leaving the base and eventually go to another one where he’d get a meeting with a top commander there.

“So, the idea was to — it was — literally, it was a sacrificial — it as a self-sacrifice thing,” he said, according to a transcript of the 2014 interview.

This from the Army Times:

Another newly released document from July 2015 shows that an Army Sanity Board Evaluation concluded that Bergdahl suffered from schizotypal personality disorder when he left the post. A Mayo Clinic website says people with the disorder have trouble interpreting social cues and can develop significant distrust of others.

Bergdahl faces charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, the latter of which carries up to a life sentence. He was held five years by the Taliban and its allies before a swap involving five Guantanamo Bay detainees, prompting criticism from some in Congress that the move threatened national security.

His military trial had been tentatively scheduled to begin over the summer, but it has been delayed by disagreements over access to classified materials.

You may recall that back in December, the Serial podcast revealed that Bergdahl likened himself to the fictional super paramilitary character Jason Bourne, which clearly coincides with both of these recent bits of information: for one, that he was not in a right mind, and second that he left to be some kind of hero.

The soldier’s military trial was originally scheduled for this past summer, but has been delayed due to disagreements concerning certain classified information.