releasing five taliban detainees. there are a few arguments that critics make. the president must give congress 30 days notice. and the administration said the commander in chief was not bound to do so in this situation. another argument that this is legally sound and this one we heard yesterday. >> sometimes in the next couple of years whether in the year 2015, the conflict in afghanistan is winding down and we are required under the tra dugzal laws of war to return people we detained. in this case we traded them for a reasonable deal here. >> he is a former chief of the assistant attorney in new york. and knows a lot of the terror