article_snippet: Bergdahl said Wednesday night that trading five high-value Taliban leaders for Bergdahl safe return was 'absolutely' the right thing to do. '
article_snippet: Was trading five high-value Taliban leaders for his safe return was 'absolutely' the right thing to do worth trading five high-value Taliban leaders for his safe return was 'absolutely' the right thing to do?
article_snippet: Bowe Bergdahl prisoner swap .
article_snippet: Bergdahl, shown before Bowe Bergdahl prisoner swap handover to US troops in May 2014, was ransomed for five high-level Taliban leaders in a White House maneuver that has drawn criticism from members of Congress .
article_snippet: The terror leaders traded for Bowe Bergdahl were (top, from left): Abdul Haq Wasiq, Khirullah Said Wali Khairkhwa, Mohammad Nabi Omari; and (bottom from left):
article_snippet: Bergdahl was captured by the Taliban after leaving his post in June 2009 and held by members of the Haqqani network, an insurgent group tied to the Taliban that operates both in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
article_snippet: Last May 31, Bergdahl was handed over to U.S. special forces in Afghanistan as part of an exchange for five Taliban commanders who were imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
article_snippet: an exchange for five Taliban commanders who were imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba set off a debate over whether U.S. U.S. should have released the five Taliban members.
article_snippet: But him case does raise the question of whether military prosecutors will lock away for life a man the U.S. gave up five imprisoned Taliban commanders to bring home.